Judeopolonia, also Judeo-Polonia, is an
antisemitic
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conspiracy theory
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positing future Jewish domination of Poland.
[Michlic, Joanna Beata (2006). ''Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present'', pp. 48, 55–56. University of Nebraska Press. .][Blobaum, Robert (2005). ''Anti-Semitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland'', p. 61. Cornell University Press. .] The idea had its roots in an 1858 book by
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ( , ; 6 February 1758 – 21 May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Constitution of 3 May 1791.
Early life
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was born 6 February 1758 in Skoki, near ...
, but did not gain currency in anti-semitic tracts until around 1900.
In 1912, author
Teodor Jeske-Choiński had Jews in his book rhetorically say: "If you do not allow us to establish a 'Judeo-Polonia state' and a nation of 'Judeo-Polish people,' we will strangle you."
This myth has been revived every so often in connection with the Bodenheimer plan (
League of East European States The League of East European States or Federation of East European States (german: osteuropäischer Staatenbund) was a 1914 proposal by the German Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews for a German-dominated consociational buffer state to be establi ...
), most notably by
Andrzej Leszek SzczeÅ›niak Andrzej Leszek SzczeÅ›niak (November 29, 1932 – March 15, 2003) was a controversial Polish doctor of historical sciences, author of over thirty historical books and school textbooks. While he was praised for his research of the Katyn massacre, ...
in his books ''Judeopolonia'' (2001) and ''Judeopolonia II'' (2002).
writes that Szcześniak presents Jews as informers for the tsar, "tightfisted hyenas" and arrogant oppressors of the Polish people.
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Szczęśniak gives the name of Judeopolonia to the
League of East European States The League of East European States or Federation of East European States (german: osteuropäischer Staatenbund) was a 1914 proposal by the German Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews for a German-dominated consociational buffer state to be establi ...
, a suggested German client state with autonomous Jewish cooperation, proposed for the territory between Germany and Russia by the
Deutsches Komitee zur Befreiung der Russischen Juden in 1914.
[Szczęśniak, Andrzej Lech (2002). ]
Judeopolonia, Jewish state in the Polish state
'', dustjacket. Polskie Wydawnictwo Encyklopedyczne - POLWEN, Radom
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See also
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Andinia Plan
The Andinia Plan ( es, Plan Andinia) is a conspiracy theory that alleged plans to establish a Jewish state in parts of Argentina and Chile. It is partly based on an exaggeration of historical proposals for organized Jewish migration to Argentina ...
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Żydokomuna
' (, Polish for "Judeo-Communism") is an anti-communist and antisemitic canard, or a pejorative stereotype, suggesting that most Jews collaborated with the Soviet Union in importing communism into Poland, or that there was an exclusively Jewish ...
References
Antisemitism in Poland
Antisemitic canards
Conspiracy theories involving Jews
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