Volume 4 No 2 - Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

434 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM [ VOL. 4:423Anthropologists studying these people report that the remnants of suchantisemitic imageries still exist—especially in the rural southern and easternregions of the country (Tokarska-Bakir, 2008), while historical researchsuggests that in the early postwar years such imageries were even morecommon (Zaremba, 2007, 2012). On the contrary; opinion poll results showthat modern, political antisemitism is still gaining popularity in contemporaryPoland. Figure 3 shows this growing trend in its comparison of theresults of several studies conducted by sociologists and by public opinionmonitoring institutions.FIGURE 3COMPARATIVE RESULTS OF SEVERAL NATIONWIDE SURVEYSCONCERNING PERCEIVED JEWISH INFLUENCEDo you agree or disagree that Jews in our country have too much influenceover economy / Jews have too much power in the business world (AGREE)Note: a—studies conducted by PBS for Ireneusz Krzemiński; b—study conductedby Demoskop for AJC; c—study conducted by CBOS; d—studies conducted byOBOP for ADL.The results show that since the time of the system transition at thebeginning of the 1990s, there is a stable and growing trend in support of thetheory of the excessive influence of Jews in Poland.Post-Holocaust AntisemitismHolocaust-related forms of antisemitism have been extensively studiedin Poland. On the one hand, debates about the Holocaust, Polish complicity,and crimes against Jews have obviously changed social consciousness. Sur-