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Military conscription in Poland between the wars #poland
Relly coleman
Searching my family, I found a number of teenagers who were sent from Poland to relatives in France in the 1920s and 1930s. One suggestion was that it was done to avoid military conscription into the Polish army. What was the military service requirement in Poland at the time? Was the avoidance of conscription common among Jews in Poland? Any info to explain and shed light would be appreciated. Relly Coleman
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Kris Murawski
Male citizens age 21 to 23 were due to serve in the army for the period of two years. There were rejections or deferrals for health, family or school reasons.
-- Kris Murawski Raleigh, North Carolina krismurawski24@...
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Alexander Sharon
The personnel policy that was conducted in the Poland's interwar Army, was severely criticized by representatives of the Jewish minority.
Soldiers of Jewish origin were treated as second-class soldiers or even suspected in advance of disloyalty to Poland. Jews were removed from entire formations, especially from the Navy, Aviation and Communications. Even during the Polish-Bolshevik war, a camp in Jabłonna was established, in which about a thousand soldiers and officers of Jewish origin were interned (1). The decision to create it was issued on August 16, 1920, the camp operated until September 9, 1920; its creation caused an international scandal, from which Minister Sosnkowski had to explain himself to the Sejm (Poland Parliament) and the public. In responses to parliamentary interpellations, Sosnkowski stated that "Jews are not fit for more serious work than typing". In connection with the resolution of the Sejm of June 17, 1919, according to which only Polish citizens of Polish nationality could be officers, officers of Jewish origin were degraded, even those who had already been promoted in the independent Poland. On March 3, 1923, the General Staff of the Polish Army issued a secret order to remove all Jews from the military graphic works From the end of the 1920s, people of Jewish origin were not recruited into the aviation, navy, communications and armored weapons and the Border Protection Corps. Ref. (2), (3) References:
Alexander Sharon
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Bernard Flam
Hi from Paris,
Dear Relly, I wish to add some comments and facts, according to my own family's history :
Bernard Flam History and Archives of Medem Center Arbeter Ring (Bund / Worker Circle of France)
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Yohanan
Is there a database or lists that include Polish Jews who served in the Polish army in the 1930s?
-- Yohanan LOEFFLER Melbourne, Australia Researching (main surnames): From Austria, Slovakia: LOFFLER / LEFLER, LEDERER, SCHNEIDER, NATHAN, SEELENFRIED, ZAPPERT. From Bukowina, Galicia: MINSTER / MUNSTER, NAGEL, SCHERL, IWANIR. From Poland / Belarus: ALTMAN, KAMINSKY, KAMINKIER, LUBETKIN, SZTARK, YOSELEWICZ, KOSLOWSKI, KRAMARZ, RAUCHFELD.
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