15 After March 1942, Warsaw ghetto, [Emanuel Ringelblum, Eliyahu Gutkowski?],
guidelines for a study of Polish–Jewish Relations³³⁴
[1] Polish–Jewish Relations³³⁵
First period. The Polish–German war
A. The Period Preceding the Siege of Warsaw
The difference in how the authorities, especially the military authorities,
regarded Jews before the war and [after the war began]
How different political parties regarded and spoke about Jews after the
outbreak of the war
How the “man on the street” related to Jews
The impact and reaction to Jewish participation in the fighting
The participation of Jews in organisations of public welfare and civil
defence³³⁶
Scenes of Polish–Jewish friendship on city streets
The attitude of the Polish population, especially peasants, to Jewish refugees
fleeing from areas threatened by the Germans
B. During the Siege of Warsaw
Attitudes towards Jews of various classes of the Polish population –
workers, the lower middle class, intelligentsia – during the siege
The portrayal of Jewish participation in the defence of Warsaw by the
military, the press, radio, and various social classes
334 Three drafts of these guidelines are preserved in the Archive. Draft (a) consists of Ringelblum’s loose handwritten notes; draft (b) is almost identical with (a) but handwritten by Gutkowski, who also put it in order. Draft (c) is typed, with handwritten additions by Ringelblum and Gutkowski, and with an added fifth part: “From the outbreak of the war with Soviets until the present moment”. In draft (c) the order is partly changed; some points are skipped. The text here is based on draft (c).
335 See ARG I 599 (Ring. I/91): “Polish–Jewish relations during the siege of Warsaw” and “Polish–Jewish relations in occupied Warsaw”.
336 Drafts (a) and (b) contain an additional item: “Polish–Jewish cooperation in SKSP. Please give details”. It is a reference to the Warsaw Social Self-Help Committee, appointed on 4 September 1939, which coordinated charitable help for Warsaw residents.
