The Polish White Book
| Author | Authority of the Polish Ministry of Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Series | Volume 1: Official Documents Concerning Polish-German and Polish-Soviet Relations 1933–1939 Volume 2: German Invasion of Poland Volume 3: German Occupation of Poland. Extract of Note Addressed to The Allied and Neutral Powers | |
| Published | The Greystone Press, New York and wydawnictwo RÓJ in exile, Publishers | |
| Publisher | Republic of Poland Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the OCLC 82971798 | |
The Polish White Book is a semi-official name of a series of comprehensive reports published during World War II by the Ministry of Information of the Polish government-in-exile in London, England, dealing with Polish-German relations before and after the 1939 German-Soviet aggression against Poland.
Each publication, released in English, French, German and Polish between 1940 and 1941, consisted of official documents and affidavits, supplemented with an overview by the Ministry.
The Polish White Book was released in parallel with
Publishing history
The first volume of the White Book publication series, released in the spring of 1940, was titled Official Documents Concerning Polish-German and Polish-Soviet Relations 1933–1939 – Polish White Book.[2] The book described and documented the Polish-German negotiations in the lead-up to World War II.[3] The second volume of the White Book – sometimes considered to be the first volume of The Black Book of Poland – was titled German Invasion of Poland (L'Invasion Allemande en Pologne, Paris: Flammarion, 1940).[4][5][6]
The third volume of The Polish White Book was titled German Occupation of Poland. Extract of Note Addressed to The Allied and Neutral Powers. It is a 240-page report, published in 1941 during World War II by the Ministry of Information of the
Contents
As the reports of Nazi
The final White Book, titled German Occupation of Poland. Extract of Note Addressed to the Allied and Neutral Powers was released by Greystone Press of New York in 1941. The book contained a 55-page overview, signed by Auguste Zaleski in London on May 3, 1941, and 180 appendices with evidence of forced expulsions and deportations of Jews to overcrowded ghettos, where starvation and disease were commonplace, along with evidence of deliberate destruction of the Polish nationhood, in a total of 243 printed pages.[7][8][9]
The White Book was followed by
German Occupation of Poland (1941). Sections
- Note
- Outrages Against Persons
- Outrages Against Religion
- Outrages Against Polish Culture
- Outrages Against Property
- Appendices
- The Law and Customs of War on Land-ivth Hague Convention
- German Documents
- Polish Documents
Notes
- ^ OCLC 489805.
- ISBN 978-0674068162.
- ^ "Commons and Lords Hansard, the Official Report of debates in Parliament". HANSARD. Commons Sitting. Oral Answers to Questions: POLISH WHITE BOOK (PUBLICATION). HC Deb 03 April 1940, vol. 359, c141. London. 3 April 1940.
- ^ Tomasz Szarota. L'invasion allemande en Pologne, Paris: Flammarion, 1940 (PDF). Academie-Polonaise.org. 3 of 9 in PDF.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ MFA Press Office (2012). "The PISM publication". Polish White Book – A Collection of Documents Issued in 1940 by the Polish Government-in-exile in German, English and French. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (1941). Polish White Book, 1940. 5048: [Polish white book] Official documents concerning Polish-German and Polish-Soviet relations, 1933–1939. [Republic of Poland, Ministry for foreign affairs] (C) 1 c. May 14, 1940.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Polish Government-in-Exile. 1940. The Greystone Press, New York & Wydawnictwo 'RÓJ' in Exile.
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- ISBN 978-1584779018.
External links
- Archive.org, 'German Occupation of Poland Extract of Note Addressed to The Allied and Neutral Powers'.
- Worldcat.org, 'German Occupation of Poland'