The participation of the Jewish community in the reconstruction of the economic life of Lower Silesia in the years 1945–1949

Abstract

Rebuilding the life of Jewish communities after the trauma of World War II in the Western Territories was the part of reconstruction and launching industrial plants which were a priority in the development of the state. Jews settling in Lower Silesia gathered in the emerging committees, whose main task was to care for the repatriates and their professional activation (productivization). The article presents the process of employing Lower Silesian Jews in state industry, creating cooperatives and individual workshops, as an essential element economic reconstruction of this region.