>From: "hannan123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "roman kafel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Slavic Review >Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:59:29 -0500 > >Yes, distribute my letter as you like. Unfortunately, this type of >anti-Polish slur occurs too often in academe. > >Kevin >----- Original Message ----- >From: "roman kafel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:48 AM >Subject: Re: Slavic Review > > > > > > Thanks Kevin! > > Can I sent your letter on some polish sides??? > > RomanK > > > > >From: "hannan123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "roman kafel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Slavic Review > > >Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:52:08 -0500 > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Kevin Hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:20 AM > > >Subject: nn > > > > > > > > > > 4937 Victor St > > > > Dallas TX 75214 > > > > 1 October 2001 > > > > > > > > Editor > > > > Slavic Review > > > > Champaign IL 61820 > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Editor: > > > > > > > > While I feel some responsibility to do so, I am unable to respond to > > >every > > > > piece of anti-Polish slander I encounter in the popular press. I >must > > > > protest, however, when such an attack appears in a publication such >as > > > > Slavic Review. > > > > > > > > Randolph L. Braham in his review of The politics of retribution in > > >Europe: > > > > World War II and its aftermath, ed. Istvan Deak, et al (Slavic >Review, > > >Fall > > > > 2001, p 605) claims: > > > > > > > > "(Jan T. Gross) convincingly demonstrates that one of the primary > > >reasons > > > > why the Nazis were able to liquidate almost the entire Jewish >community > > > > easily and with impunity was the endemic nature of anti-Semitism in > > > > Poland..Gross argues persuasively that the Poles, with relatively >few > > > > exceptions, not only failed > > > > to assist or sympathize with the Jews, but were also hostile to them > > >both > > > > during the war as reflected by the many pogroms." > > > > > > > > Sociologist Gross has earned infamy among Poles for his one-sided > > >treatment > > > > of Polish-Jewish relations, notably Neighbors (2001). Such a >complex > > > > subject as Polish-Jewish relations deserves an objectivity that is > > >lacking > > > > in the book and review at hand. > > > > > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Hannan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
