Judeopolonia

Judeopolonia is an antisemitic conspiracy theory claiming that Jews seek to take over Poland.[1]

Origin

The false claim is said to have originated from a book published by Polish writer Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz in 1858.[1] In 1912, Teodor Jeske-Choiński, another Polish writer, reportedly promoted the false claim in the form of an imaginary quote: "If you do not allow us to establish a 'Judeo-Polonia state' and a nation of 'Judeo-Polish people,' we will strangle you."[1]

References

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    • Blobaum, Robert (2005). Anti-Semitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland. Cornell University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8014-4347-4.
    • Michlic, Joanna Beata (2006). Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 48, 55–56. ISBN 0-8032-3240-3.
    • Halasi, Zoltán (2017). "The ghost of Judeopolonia or the never-existing Eastern European confederation". Understanding Central Europe (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 229–237. doi:10.4324/9781315157733-28. ISBN 978-1-315-15773-3. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
    • Bulska, Dominika; Haska, Agnieszka; Winiewski, Mikołaj; Bilewicz, Michał (2020). "From Judeo-Polonia to Act 447: How and why did the Jewish conspiracy myth become a central issue in Polish political discourse?". Conspiracy Theories in Eastern Europe: Tropes and Trends. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-32607-3. Retrieved October 16, 2024. [...] Currently, according to census data, there are approximately 10,000 Jews living in Poland. At the same time, antisemitic attitudes, especially the belief in a Jewish conspiracy, are widespread among Polish society. What are the sources of such attitudes? [...] What are the psychological functions of it? [...]
    • Blobaum, Robert (April 4, 2023). "From Judeo-Polonia to Judeo-Communism, 1912–1922". East European Jewish Affairs. 52. doi:10.1080/13501674.2023.2168534.


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