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Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland

Jan T. Gross

One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half, 1,600 men, women, and children, all but seven of the town's Jews. "Neighbors" tells their story. This is a shocking, brutal story that has never been told and is an important study of Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust. 3 maps. 127 illustrations.

HistoryHistory · high confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityMigration & DiasporaClass, Poverty & Inequality

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2001FinalistSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2001FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Jedwabne92%
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    • Poland55%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.