The kings and the pawns : collaboration in Byelorussia during World War II / Leonid Rein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rein, Leonid.

Series:

War and genocide ; v. 15.

War and genocide ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Belarus.

World War, 1939-1945.

Nazis--Belarus--History--20th century.

Nazis.

Collaborationists--Belarus--History--20th century.

Collaborationists.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Belarus.

World War, 1939-1945--Belarus.

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

Belarus.

Belarus--Politics and government--1917-1945.

Belarus--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many years, the history of Byelorussia under Nazi occupation was written primarily from the perspective of the resistance movement. This movement, a reaction to the brutal occupation policies, was very strong indeed. Still, as the author shows, there existed in Byelorussia a whole web of local institutions and organizations which, some willingly, others with reservations, participated in the implementation of various aspects of occupation policies. The very sensitivity of the topic of collaboration has prevented researchers from approaching it for many years, not least because in the fo

Contents:

Collaboration in occupied Europe : theoretical overview

Historical background

German policies in Byelorussia (1941-1944)

Byelorussian "state-building" : political collaboration in Byelorussia

The cross and the hooked cross : the Church's collaboration in occupied Byelorussia

Collaboration in the politics of repression

Military-police collaboration in Byelorussia

Appendix: SS and military ranks

Glossary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781782380481

1782380485

9780857450432

0857450433

OCLC:

819639286