Jews in Szczecin, 1945–50
At the Crossroad between Emigration and Assimilation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13047057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achim Wörn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-85 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Region Regional Studies of Russia Eastern Europe and Central Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2165-0659 • E-ISSN: 2166-4307 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/reg.2017.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2622718282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In 1946, the Polish authorities settled about 28,000 Polish-Jewish repatriates from the Soviet Union in Szczecin (Stettin). Situated on the Baltic Sea northeast of Berlin, Szczecin had been a German city until the end of the Second World War and then became Polish in July 1945 as a result of the Potsdam Agreement. The Polish government settled Jews in the “regained territories” for a range of opportunistic reasons. In the summer of 1946, Jewish life started to flourish in the city and a wide range of Jewish political and social organizations were established. However, the attempt to keep Jews in Szczecin failed. Anti-Semitism and harsh living conditions encouraged many Szczecin Jews to emigrate. The city became a hot spot of Jewish postwar emigration from Poland. The remaining Jews went through a process of “red assimilation” during the Stalinization of Poland. Most of them left the country later on, due to anti-Semitic government campaigns in 1956–57 and 1968–69
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Emigration · Ethnology · Geography · German · Immigration · Judaism · Political science · Politics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |