People and procedures: toward a history of the investigations of Nazi crimes in the USSR
TitrePeople and procedures: toward a history of the investigations of Nazi crimes in the USSR
Auteur
Call number940.53180947/0004
N° d'objet08969f
Lieu de publicationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Année de publication
2014
Paginationpp118-141
MatérielArticle
SériePitt series in Russian and East European studies
Kritika historical studies
ISBN9780822962939
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in the East' pp118-141
Description
The Extraordinary State Commission was created on November 2, 1942 by decree of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. It fulfilled its representational function during the war, and in the postwar years faithfully kept the topic of war crimes sealed off from Soviet society. The documentary materials it created and collected have turned out to be the latest Russian mass grave. While excavating it, historians will face the task of distinguishing 'ours' from 'others' and executioners from victims
