Total annihilation of the Jewish population: the Holocaust in the Soviet media, 1941-45
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Total annihilation of the Jewish population: the Holocaust in the Soviet media, 1941-45
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.53180947/0004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08969e
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University of Pittsburgh Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2014
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp83-117
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Kritika historical studies
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780822962939
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust in the East' pp83-117
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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