Polish Bund

The arrogance and anti-Semitism of the new Polish leaders only aggravated the situation. The city teemed with scores of Communist agents who carried out a sys- tematic campaign against the Polish authorities. This agitation and propaganda enjoyed much success. The old Bund activists were no longer around. The Bundist youth was heavily dominated by Communist ideologies. To join the Polish Bund, to recognize the leadership of its central committee in Warsaw, was viewed by many of these young Bundists as a self-defeating act that would link them more strongly with Poland, contrary to their leftist, revolutionary orientation. Only a few Jewish workers of the old Bundist school remained ded- icated to their democratic convictions and were not infected by the Communist fever. ...