The Minsk ghetto, 1941/1943 : Jewish resistance and Soviet internationalism / Barbara Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Barbara Leslie, 1944-

Series:

S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Minsk.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Belarus--Minsk--History--20th century.

Jews.

World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus--Minsk.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus--Minsk.

World War, 1939-1945--Belarus.

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

Belarus--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

Belarus.

Minsk (Belarus)--Ethnic relations.

Minsk (Belarus).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing from engrossing survivors' accounts, many never before published, The Minsk Ghetto 1941-1943 recounts a heroic yet little-known chapter in Holocaust history. In vivid and moving detail, Barbara Epstein chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Telling a story that stands in stark contrast to what transpired across much of Eastern Europe, where Jews found few reliable allies in the face of the Nazi threat, this book captures the texture of life inside and outside the Minsk ghetto, evoking the harsh conditions, the life-threatening situations, and the friendships that helped many escape almost certain death. Epstein also explores how and why this resistance movement, unlike better known movements at places like Warsaw, Vilna, and Kovno, was able to rely on collaboration with those outside ghetto walls. She finds that an internationalist ethos fostered by two decades of Soviet rule, in addition to other factors, made this extraordinary story possible.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Jewish-Byelorussian Solidarity in World War II Minsk

2. Why Minsk Was Different

3. The Minsk Ghetto

4. The Ghetto Underground

5. Solidarity in Wartime Minsk

6. Going to the Partisans

7. The Soviet Betrayal of the Minsk Underground

8. Strategies of Resistance Elsewhere: The Kovno Ghetto

Conclusion

Notes

Guide to Names

Sources

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-335) and index.

ISBN:

9786611752613

9781281752611

1281752614

9780520931336

0520931335

OCLC:

476183665