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Jewish refugees from central Poland whose attitudes, conduct and lot differed from the lot of native Jews to a great extent, owed their specific situation to many various factors. The Jews arrived in territories seized by USSR with hope and beliefs completely unsuitable to Soviet reality. Their beliefs derived from Soviet propaganda, which was reaching Poland, about Soviet Union's prosperity, social...