als ely ▁and ▁deliber ately ▁made ▁the ▁Pol es ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁" w arm ong ers ", ▁" anti - Sem ites " ▁and ▁" f asc ists ". ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁trade ▁un ions ▁and ▁Labour ▁party ▁played ▁on ▁the ▁fear s ▁of ▁there ▁not ▁being ▁enough ▁jobs , ▁food ▁and ▁housing . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁anti - Pol ish ▁r al lies . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁a ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Germany ▁entitled ▁Der ▁Er zw ung ene ▁Krieg ▁( The ▁For ced ▁War ) ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁historical ▁writer ▁and ▁Hol oca ust ▁den ier ▁David ▁Hog gan , ▁which ▁argued ▁that ▁Germany ▁did ▁not ▁commit ▁ag gression ▁against ▁Poland ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁but ▁was ▁instead ▁the ▁victim ▁of ▁an ▁Ang lo - Pol ish ▁consp i racy ▁against ▁the ▁Reich . ▁Review ers ▁have ▁often ▁noted ▁that ▁Hog gan ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁an ▁obs ess ive ▁host ility ▁towards ▁the ▁Pol es . ▁His ▁claims ▁included ▁that ▁the ▁Polish ▁government ▁treated ▁Poland ' s ▁German ▁minor ity ▁far ▁worse ▁than ▁the ▁German ▁government ▁under ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁treated ▁its ▁Jewish ▁minor ity . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁much ▁controvers y ▁was ▁created ▁when ▁two ▁German ▁right - wing ▁extrem ist ▁groups ▁awarded ▁Hog gan ▁pri zes . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁the ▁German ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁historian ▁Ernst ▁N ol te ▁claimed ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9