Total annihilation of the Jewish population: the Holocaust in the Soviet media, 1941-45
TitleTotal annihilation of the Jewish population: the Holocaust in the Soviet media, 1941-45
Author
Call number940.53180947/0004
Object number08969e
Place of publicationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp83-117
MaterialArticle
Series titlePitt series in Russian and East European studies
Kritika historical studies
ISBN9780822962939
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in the East' pp83-117
Description
This chapter tests the notion of wartime Soviet neglect of the Nazi mass murder of the Jews. Between June 1941 and May 1945, how and when did the Russian-language Soviet press and radio report, distort or ignore the Nazi murder of Jewish civilians? Throughout the war, Stalin and his associates heard from various sources that the Nazis were deliberately killing Jews. The Soviet media often concealed this fact, and from today's western perspective 'buried' it
