Bibliography of Poland during World War II explained

This is a select bibliography of English language books (including translations) and journal articles about the history of Poland during World War II. A brief selection of English translations of primary sources is included. Book entries have references to journal articles and reviews about them when helpful. Additional bibliographies can be found in many of the book-length works listed below; see Further Reading for several book and chapter-length bibliographies. The External Links section contains entries for publicly available select bibliographies from universities. This bibliography specifically excludes non-history related works and self-published books.

For works about the overall history of Poland, please see Bibliography of the history of Poland.

Inclusion criteriaGeographic scope of the works include Poland as it was in 1939 including Polish occupied Trans-Olza and the Holocaust in Poland. Works about other nations are included when they contain substantial material related to the history of the Poland during World War II.

Included works should either be published by an academic or notable publisher, or be authored by a notable subject matter expert and have reviews in significant scholarly journals.

Formatting and citation styleThis bibliography uses APA style citations. Entries do not use templates; references to reviews and notes for entries do use citation templates. Where books which are only partially related to the history of Poland are listed, the titles for chapters or sections should be indicated if possible, meaningful, and not excessive.

If a work has been translated into English, the translator should be included and a footnote with appropriate bibliographic information for the original language version should be included.

When listing book titles with alternative English spellings, the form used in the latest published version should be used and the version and relevant bibliographic information noted if it previously was published or reviewed under a different title.

General surveys

See also: Bibliography of World War II and Bibliography of the Soviet Union during World War II.

Regional surveys

Military

War crimes

For works about the Holocaust, please see

  1. Holocaust in Poland
.

Social

Location histories

General Government

Topical

Collaboration

Trials and reprisals

Underground and resistance

Warsaw Uprising

Émigrés and refugees

Foreign relations

Government in exile

American-Polish relations

British-Polish relations

German-Polish relations

Soviet-Polish relations

Other works

Biographies

This section is about Poles of all backgrounds and beliefs and victims of the Holocaust in Poland.

Historiography and memory studies

Holocaust in Poland

Location histories

Geography

Ghettos

Camps

Transportation

Gender and family

Holocaust related biographies

Other studies

Holocaust historiography and memory studies

Memory studies

Other

Reference works

English language primary sources

War

Holocaust

Memoirs and diaries

See also

References

Citations

Further reading

The below works are published bibliographies about Poland during World War II.

External links

Notes and References

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