Jew with a coin: Difference between revisions

According to Polish anthropologist [[Joanna Tokarska-Bakir]], the figurines fill a role similar to the a series of other [[Household deity|domestic demons]] - in this case protecting Polish homes that were "purified of Jews". According to Tokarska-Bakir, the placement of the figurines in the hall to the left of the doorway is the same as the placement of old Slav ancestors. Tokarska-Bakir that given that Polish society has enriched itself as a result of the "disappearance" of the Jews, the custom is [[grotesque]] - a demonism transformed into a triviality. Turning to [[Sigmund Freud]]'s [[Totem and Taboo]], Tokarska-Bakir contrasts the Polish custom with [[Totem|totemic religion]] which is the product of guilty sons attempting to atone for the founding murder of legendary horde leaders. Cast in this manner, Tokarska-Bakir considers the grotesque practice as less irrational - the protection of the home by the Jew who was expelled from the home being a twisted sign of moral initiation.<ref>[http://wyborcza.pl/1,75410,11172689,Zyd_z_pieniazkiem_podbija_Polske.html A Jew with a coin conquers Poland (Polish)], Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, 18 February 18 2012</ref>

 

 

According to [[Haaretz]], murdered Jews were a source of enrichment for Poles who charged high prices for hiding Jews and plundered Jewish property., as detailed in the book ''Klucze i Kasa''. According to Haaretz, The association of Jews with money may have risen from this process.<ref name="haaretz20141120"/>