The Forgotten Holocaust
1986 non-fiction book by Richard C. Lukas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944 is a 1986 book by Richard C. Lukas on the killing of, and other crimes against, Jewish and non-Jewish Poles by the Germans during the 1939–1945 occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.[1] It has been described as Lukas' most famous book.[2]
Author | Richard C. Lukas |
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Country | United States / Poland |
Language | English / Polish |
Subject | Holocaust in Poland |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky (1st English edition), Hippocrene Books (2nd and 3rd English editions) Wydawnictwo Jedność [pl] (1st Polish edition)/Dom Wydawniczy REBIS [pl] (2nd Polish edition) |
Publication date | 1986 |
Pages | 358 |
ISBN | 0781813026 |
The book's use of the term "Holocaust" in reference to non-Jewish victims of the Germans has been described as controversial, including by the author himself.[3][4]
The book has been published in Polish translation (1995, 2012 editions) as Zapomniany holokaust: Polacy pod okupacją niemiecką 1939–1944.[5] Subsequent editions include updates and new content. The 1997 and 2012 American editions feature a foreword by Norman Davies.