Bundists and the issue of emigration from Poland after the Second World War

Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.28.1.07

Authors

Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat Institute of Political Studies Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-1137

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.28.1.07

Keywords:

emigration and emigrationism, Jewish Labour Bund, post-war Poland

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to present a change in the attitudes among Bundists towards emigration in the post-war Poland. The program of the Jewish Labour Bund throughout its existence was based on three pillars: here-ness (doykayt), family-ness (mishpokhedikayt), and Jewish-ness (Yiddishkayt). After the Second World War some of them lost their significance. Many Jews, including Bundists, saw their future outside Poland. In the article I will show different attitudes of the members of the Bund towards emigration, as well as the reasons behind their choices: either to stay in Poland or to leave the country.

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