 A copy of the publicationRok 3333 czyli sen niesłychany, which first used the phrase Judeopolonia | |
| Context | Antisemitism in Poland |
|---|---|
| Coined by | Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz |
| Meaning | Antisemitic conspiracy theory postulating Jewish desire for domination of Poland |
Judeopolonia, alsoJudeo-Polonia, is anantisemitic conspiracy theory positing future Jewish domination of Poland.[1][2][3] The idea had its roots in an 1858 book byJulian Ursyn Niemcewicz, but did not gain currency in anti-semitic tracts until around 1900.[1] In 1912, authorTeodor Jeske-Choiński had Jews in his book rhetorically say: "If you do not allow us to establish a 'Judeo-Polonia state' and a nation of 'Judeo-Polish people,' we will strangle you."[1]
This myth has been revived every so often in connection with the Bodenheimer plan (League of East European States), most notably byAndrzej Leszek Szcześniak in his booksJudeopolonia (2001) andJudeopolonia II (2002).[2]Zoltán Halasi [hu] writes that Szcześniak presents Jews as informers for the tsar, "tightfisted hyenas" and arrogant oppressors of the Polish people.[4]
Szczęśniak gives the name of Judeopolonia to theLeague of East European States, a suggested German client state with autonomous Jewish cooperation, proposed for the territory between Germany and Russia by theGerman Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews in 1914.[5]
