Foreign saviors, native disciples: perspectives on collaboration in Lithuania, 1940-1945
TitleForeign saviors, native disciples: perspectives on collaboration in Lithuania, 1940-1945
Author
Call number940.5337/0050
Object number05996l
Place of publicationBern, Switzerland
PublisherPeter Lang AG
Year of publication
2004
Physical descriptionpp313-360
MaterialArticle
ISBN3039102451
NotesArticle from the book 'Collaboration and resistance during the Holocaust' pp313-360
Description
Finds some evidence that Jews welcomed the Soviet occupation of 1940. Uncovers rising Lithuanian irritation over this support. One in six members of the Lithuanian Communist party was Jewish. Ethnic Lithuanians expressed powerlessness in the face of the strong Russian and Jewish presence.