In Enemy Land: The Jews of Kielce and the Region, 1939-1946 - Paperback

by Sara Bender (Author), Naftali Greenwood (Translator), Saadya Sternberg (Translator)

This book offers a study of the Jewish community in Kielce and its environs during World War II and the Holocaust. It is the first of its kind in providing a comprehensive account of Kielce's Jews and their history as victims under the German occupation. The book focuses in particular on Jewish-Polish relations in the Kielce region; the deportation of the Jews of Kielce and its surrounding areas to the Treblinka death camp; the difficulties faced by those attempting to help and save them; and daily life in the Small Ghetto from September 1942 until late May 1943.

Author Biography

Sara Bender is Professor at the Department of Jewish History of the University of Haifa. Her studies compare the histories of the Jewish communities in Poland and Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust, focusing on Poland and subjects such as Jewish resistance, relations with Poles in towns and villages, forced labor camps in the Radom district, and Jewish life among partisan units in Lithuania and west Belorussia. Her book The Jews in Bialystok during World War II and the Holocaust was published by Brandeis University Press in 2008.