The diary of Bernard Mark (December 1965 - February 1966)

Ber (Bernard) Mark (1908-1966) was born in Łomża, then Congress Poland. Before the Second World War, he joined the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). He spent the war years in the USSR, where he worked for the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and headed the Organizational Committee of Polish Jews. Upon h...

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Published in:East european Jewish affairs Vol. 52; no. 2-3; pp. 182 - 234
Main Author: Nalewajko-Kulikov, Joanna
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.09.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Anti-fascism
Attitudes
Autobiographical literature
Ber (Bernard) Mark
Biographies
Birth order
Committees
Communism
Communist parties
Current events
Diaries
Fascism
Ghettos
Jewish Communists
Jewish Historical Institute
Jewish people
Jews in Poland
Surveillance
World War II
ISSN:1350-1674, 1743-971X
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Summary:Ber (Bernard) Mark (1908-1966) was born in Łomża, then Congress Poland. Before the Second World War, he joined the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). He spent the war years in the USSR, where he worked for the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and headed the Organizational Committee of Polish Jews. Upon his return to Poland, he became active in Jewish Communist organizations. From 1949 until his death, he served as director of the Jewish Historical Institute (ŻIH), notorious for his pro-Communist version of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. After 1956, he distanced himself from his earlier opinions and began to renew ties with the Soviet Jews and Israel. From the early 1960s, he was placed under surveillance by the Security Service (SB). In the last year of his life, Mark kept a diary in Yiddish in which he openly voiced his criticism of current affairs in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations.
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ISSN:1350-1674
1743-971X
DOI:10.1080/13501674.2022.2083505