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The Holocaust in the Soviet Union: Studies and Sources on the Destruction of the Jews in the Nazi-Occupied Territories of the USSR, 1941-1945
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Description: In this volume scholars from the United States, Israel, and Eastern Europe examine the history of the Holocaust on Soviet territory and its treatment in Soviet politics and literature from 1945 to 1991. Of special interest to researchers will be chapters on some of the major sources for historical study, including census materials, memorial books, archives, and recently released documents.
Comment(s): "An indispensable work on the Holocaust in a vast European landmass that has heretofore eluded scholarly focus. The volume fills a critical gap in Holocaust studies." -- George Schwab, CUNY
"Contributes greatly to the knowledge of the Soviet Union's attitude towards the Holocaust in general, and the Holocaust of Soviet Jews in particular." -- Yitzhak Arad, Yad Vashem
"Gives the fullest available treatment of a subject which until now has received scanty attention from scholars: the deliberate massacre of an estimated one million peaceful citizens inhabiting the USSR and its recently conquered territories by a barbarian horde let loose by the best educated and industrially most advanced country in Europe." -- Richard Pipes, Harvard University
Review(s): "Three major areas of inquiry are examined in these papers...: Soviet government policies toward Jews during the Holocaust and the subsequent treatment of the Holocaust in Soviet historiography, mass media... a quantification of Jewish losses in the Soviet Union... The subject has long been hushed up." -- Reference & Research Book News
"The authors' use of the growing volume of documents from the former Soviet Union adds considerably to our knowledge of that tragic period in Jewish history. ... A compelling record of the omissions and distortions in the former Soviet Union regarding the Holocaust." -- Orbis
"Important because it represents the research that has been conducted recently utilizing some of the archives opened to Western scholars in the era of glasnost, as well as some of the first major reinterpretations of events from a part of the world that hitherto had denied the specificity of Jewish suffering. ... Provides important insight into the possibilities that free research can provide now and in the future for a subject that has been heavily clouded by Communist political ideologies and consequently ignored or altered in a way so as to become perhaps the first form of Holocaust revsionism." -- SHOFAR
"A significant contribution to the state of knowledge of this tragic period. ... The volume contains several important articles that address fundamental questions and serve as excellent introductions and orientations to the published sources ." -- Slavic Review
"This book fills a void and does so in a shatteringly effective manner." -- East European Jewish Affairs
"The contributors can hardly hope to resolve the myriad legends involved, but they do provide the important service of disentangling them, and identifying the areas which require further study. ... A valuable work, and an important starting point for anyone interested in the Holocaust on Soviet soil." -- The Slavonic Review
"A very valuable collection." -- Harvard Ukrainian Studies
    
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