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Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, new book claims

JL;DR SUMMARY Jan Grabowski's new book, "On Duty: The Polish Blue & Criminal Police in the Holocaust," reveals the active role of Polish police in the Holocaust, often acting on their own initiative to kill Jews. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustWorld War IiYad VashemJewish GhettosNazi CollaborationJan GrabowskiHistorical RevisionismHolocaust ScholarshipPolish Police

Places mentioned

Poland
"Relying on meticulous documentation, the book argues that Polish institutions were more than willing to assist the Nazis in their extermination campaign."
Otfinów, Lesser Poland, Poland
"A group of Nazi police in Otfinw, Poland, 1943."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Research often focuses on large ghettos like Warsaw and Lodz, each housing hundreds of thousands of Jews."
Łódź, Poland
"Research often focuses on large ghettos like Warsaw and Lodz, each housing hundreds of thousands of Jews."

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