{"product_id":"warsaw-ghetto-police-9781501754074","title":"Warsaw Ghetto Police","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatarzyna Person's text is a multifaceted and rich explanation of the Jewish community's condemnation of the Ordnungsdienst that leaves room for the acknowledgment that ghetto policemen, like Poland's Jewish community more broadly, had few if any better options in the face of the Holocaust. Paired with a wealth of haunting photographs of the policemen at work in 1941, this short volume performs an essential service in expanding the English-language conversation on Jewish community life during the Holocaust and on the complexity of the perpetration landscape in Nazi-occupied Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt almost every turn in the story presented here, Person provides eyewitness accounts by Warsaw ghetto Jews. Warsaw Ghetto Police is also an emotionally and psychologically difficult book to read for anyone who is accustomed to seeing Jews exclusively as victims during the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e * Austrian History Yearbook *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerson has written what should become the definitive study of the Jewish Order Police during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerson's \u003ci\u003eWarsaw Ghetto Police\u003c\/i\u003e should be a staple read for courses in Holocaust history. Not only is the work an impeccable example of historical scholarship—meticulously researched and organized—but it also precisely articulates significant historical themes surrounding the Holocaust, such as responsibility, collaboration, memory, choice, and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e * H- Net (H-Diplo) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarsaw Ghetto Police\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating in-depth study of the Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Order Service), one of the most notorious organizations in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. [T]he book should serve as a model for historical scholarship of Jewish police activities in smaller ghettos in years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Middle Ground Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Establishment of the Jewish Order Service\u003cbr\u003e 2. Organization and Objectives of the Service\u003cbr\u003e 3. Violence and Corruption in the Exercise of Daily Duties\u003cbr\u003e 4. Police in the Eyes of the Ghetto Population\u003cbr\u003e 5. Policemen's Voices\u003cbr\u003e 6. Response to Violence\u003cbr\u003e 7. Spring 1942\u003cbr\u003e 8. Umschlagplatz\u003cbr\u003e 9. After Resettlement\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Courts\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409349747031,"sku":"9781501754074","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501754074.jpg?v=1730506511","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warsaw-ghetto-police-9781501754074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}