About "Jewish things": Jewish property in Eastern Galicia during World War II
TitleAbout "Jewish things": Jewish property in Eastern Galicia during World War II
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number04187en
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherYad Vashem
Year of publication
2016
Dimensionspp83-119
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 44 Part 2, 2016 p83-119
Description
Examines the takeover of Jewish property and belongings in Eastern Galicia, the wartime 'Distrikt Galizien'. She argues that robbing the Jews in this district was different from what transpired in other districts. Both Germans, whether acting privately or on behalf of the state, and the Jews' Polish and Ukrainian neighbours plundered Jewish property, and this pillage was often connected to violence in the Jewish communities and ghettos. Jewish belongings and property made their way into the hands of local Christians, but extortion and reward for collaboration in the mass murder of Jews were the most common