Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia 1945 – 1950

Currently, the issues of Polish-Jewish relations and anti-Semitism in Poland are the topic of hot discussions and debates. The falsified image produced during the communist period needs evaluation and reliable research. Besides some more general and often widely discussed papers, e.g. Fear: AntiSemitism in Poland after Auschwitz: an Essay in Historical Interpretation by Jan Tomasz Gross, a number of more detailed works concerning these particular communities appeared during the last years. The research related to the presence of the Jews in the so- called “Regained Territories” is also related to the growing interest in the history of these regions, as they, and especially Lower Silesia, became the centre of the Jewish life in Poland after the war