NOVEMBER 1918:
JEWS
AND
POLAND'S INDEPENDENCE

Please join us for our upcoming TJHTalks session, which will delve into the complex transition from Jewish life during the Prussian, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian partitions to life in the newly independent Second Polish Republic.
Poland’s independence, established by the Treaty of Versailles on November 11, 1918, created possibilities and challenges.

What were Polish Jews' expectations and fears?
What factors contributed to the formulation of reshaped national and communal identities?
How did Jews, who represented a significant minority in a multicultural Poland, fit into the fragile new nation-state?