[The attitude] of Polish society towards the situation in the ghetto: workers,
artisans, merchants, professional intelligentsia. What kind of gossip
is exchanged while people wait in line: stories about the riches of the
ghetto, about the power of the Judenrat, etc.
The Polish police in the ghetto. Altered spheres of competence
The theft of Jewish property, blackmail, corruption, the collaboration of
the criminal police with the Gestapo. The Police and the Jewish Order
Police. The attitude and behaviour of the Polish police towards Jews
caught outside the ghetto
Polish hooligans around the ghetto walls
Polish officials (tax officials, municipal workers, etc.) in the ghetto
Evidence of sympathy and friendship towards Jews outside the ghetto.
The attitude towards Jewish beggars outside the ghetto
Polish–Jewish collaboration in smuggling
Polish–Jewish economic co-operation. Trade ties, the form, character,
extent
Fifth period. From the outbreak of the war until the present moment
How did the outbreak of the German–Soviet War change Polish–
Jewish relations? Heightened antisemitic propaganda on the part of the
Germans, its form and character. How beneficial was it to the Germans?
The reception on the Polish street to news of the physical destruction
of the Jews
How well is Polish society informed about events such as Wilno,
Chełmno, Lublin,³⁴⁰ etc. What is the reaction?
Polish official circles about the future of Polish–Jewish relations. What
do different political parties say about this?
How does the Polish “man on the street” see the future of Polish–Jewish
relations? The attitude of workers, artisans, merchants, smugglers, traders,
the professional intelligentsia
Polish–Jewish relations in the provinces: the rural population employs
Jewish workers, youth, even children. Landowners’ attitude towards
340 Reference to mass murder of Jews in Ponary near Vilna, operation of the Chełmno death camp, deportation of Lublin Jews to the Bełżec death camp.
