Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz

Fear
AuthorJan T. Gross
Original titleFear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz: An Essay in Historical Interpretation
SubjectPost-war anti-Jewish violence in Poland
GenreHistory
Set inRepublic of Poland
PublisherRandom House, Princeton University Press
Publication date
2006
Media typeBook
Preceded by Neighbors 
Followed by Golden Harvest 

Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz: An Essay in Historical Interpretation, is a book by Jan T. Gross, published by Random House and Princeton University Press in 2006. An edited Polish version was published in 2008 by Znak Publishers in Kraków as Strach: antysemityzm w Polsce tuż po wojnie: historia moralnej zapaści (Fear: Antisemitism in Poland shortly after the war: the history of a moral fall). In the book, Gross explores the issues concerning incidents of post-war anti-Jewish violence in Poland, with particular focus on the 1946 Kielce pogrom. Fear has received international attention and reviews in major newspapers; receiving both praise and criticism.