Primed for Violence - Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland

In 1922, voters in the newly created Republic of Poland democratically elected their first president, Gabriel Narutowicz. Within hours, bloody riots erupted in Warsaw, and within a week the president was assassinated. As Paul Brykczynski tells this gripping story, he explores the complex role of antisemitism, nationalism, and violence in Polish politics between the two World Wars.