1941 — Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Declaration by Jan Stanczyk on the heroic struggle of the underground movement in Poland (Jewish and Polish) , the vicious eradication of all Polands citizens by the Nazi occupation, and the need to redress previous wrongs committed by the Polish government against its Jewish citizens. Contains six illustrations. A pledge of Jewish equality in a 'post-war democratic Poland freed of the Nazi yoke, ' was given here today by Jan Stanczyk, Polish Minister of Labor and Social Welfare at a press conference preceding his address to the executive committee of the Jewish Labor Committee. 'The future relations between Gentiles and Jews in liberated Poland, ' said Mr. Stanczyk, 'will be built on entirely new foundations. Poland will guarantee all her citizens including the Jews full legal equality. This Poland will be a true democracy and every one of her citizens will enjoy equal rights irrespective of race, creed or origin. ' Emphasizing that the Jewish underground movement in Poland today is part of the great Polish underground army waging the struggle for the common cause of liberation, Mr. Stanczyk declared that the present war 'has wiped out the institutions and destroyed the power of groups which had striven to foment hatred among the people of Poland' and that their common fate has created a strong bond between Gentile and Jew. - JTA, 'Post-war Poland Will Guarantee Equality to Jews, Stanczyk Pledges', December 11, 1941. Subjects: Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile) ; Jewish Labor Committee (U. S. ) . Jews - Legal status, laws, etc. - Poland. Civil rights - Poland. World War, 1939-1945 - Poland. Civil rights. Jews - Legal status, laws, etc. World War (1939-1945) . OCLC lists 8 copies. Light wear to wraps, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. Very important. (HOLO2-123-27)
