Holocaust in the East: local perpetrators and Soviet responses.
TitleHolocaust in the East: local perpetrators and Soviet responses.
Call number940.53180947/0004
Object number08969
Place of publicationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionxii,261p.
MaterialBook
Series titlePitt series in Russian and East European studies
Kritika historical studies
ISBN9780822962939
Description
Explores little-known dimensions of the Holocaust on Soviet territory: how the Soviet state and citizens reacted to the annihilation of the Jewish population and how to understand the role of local participants. Includes an examination of the complicity of local populations in the mass murder of Jews, perpetrated in areas such as Poland, Ukraine, Bessarabia and northern Bukovina and analyzes Soviet responses to these events.