Jan gross

Jan Tomasz Gross born is a Polish-American sociologist and historian. He is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society emeritus and professor of history emeritus at Princeton University. His mother was a Christian and his father Jewish. His mother's first husband, who was Jewish, was killed after a neighbor denounced him.

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Gross attended local schools and studied physics at the University of Warsaw. Like many Polish students, he was expelled from the university, and was arrested and jailed for five months. During the Polish communist government 's antisemitic campaign, Gross emigrated from Poland to the United States in He is a naturalized U. He has specialized in studies of Polish history and Polish-Jewish relations in Poland.

Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society emeritus in Princeton University 's history department.

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Gross has held this seat since His book about the Jedwabne massacre , Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland , addressed the role of local Poles in the massacre and resulted in controversy. He wrote that Poles, not German occupiers, committed the atrocity, thus revising a major part of Polish self-understanding of their history during the war.

Gross's book was the subject of vigorous debate in Poland and abroad.