Before World War II how did Poles treat the Jews in Poland?

Question

Before the nazis introduced the holocause to Poland how were Jews treated? Were Jews and Poles intertwined in society or did they live/eat ect seperately? Were jews in Poland even considered polish?

Answer 1

Completely equal citizens. full voter rights, elected to parliament, many ministerial posts
The only universities they were "not allowed" to attend were seminars. OTOH I've never heard of catholics studying in a Rabbi shule.
Once it became plain that hitler was serious, jewish soldiers in the Polish Army were issued with fake ID tags to hide their religion.
SFAIK the aristocrats never persecuted the jews. that would be an undignified act. As one famous pre-war anti-semite put it "I may hate them, but they're _our_ Jews and no Craut is going to tell me what to do". She was caught by the nazis and executed- with all her family- after saving some 3 thousand Jews.

Many liberal jews lived among gentiles. No differences.
Many orthodox jews lived in Poland, and they lived separately and did not mix. Strict kosher food of course. many of them live now in Israel, and they are way different from the rest of the Israelis too.

Answer 2

Certainly not "as murderously as the Nazis" as one answerer hilariously puts it.

There was some anti-semitic legislation passed in the mid 30s, but the restrictons on Jews were slight in comaprasion to the restrictions in Germany.

Jews were, indeed, considered citizens. They were not permitted to study in certain universities, however.

There was considerable mixing, especially in large cities such as Warsaw or Lodz.

Poland had a large number of Jews because it accepted Jews when they had been expelled from other European countries.

Answer 3

No . The separation of the two sections of the people were always there since very long in History.

Answer 4

As murderously as the 'Nazis' did.Especially the Polish aristocracy.