Former Ukrainian policemen in the Ukrainian national insurgency: continuing the Holocaust outside German service
TitleFormer Ukrainian policemen in the Ukrainian national insurgency: continuing the Holocaust outside German service
Author
Call number940.5318/0050
Object number09594g
Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
Year of publication
2017
Physical descriptionpp141-163
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780810134485
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies' Vol.XII pp141-163
Description
Analyses Ukrainian nationalists role in the Holocaust in the region of Volhynia. He traces their placement and training with the German SS and then follows them as they deserted their posts and joined the resistance movement in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. He describes how they embarked on a resistance campaign against the German occupiers, and a brutal cleansing of the Polish population of Volhynia. His analysis is based on archival base of Jewish, Ukrainian and German testimonies and documents