Synopses & Reviews
What was the role played by local police volunteers in the Holocaust? Using powerful eyewitness descriptions from the towns and villages of Belorussia and Ukraine, Martin Dean's new book reveals local policemen as hands-on collaborators of the Nazis. They brutally drove Jewish neighbors from their homes and guarded them closely on the way to their deaths. Some distinguished themselves as ruthless murders. Outnumbering German police manpower in these areas, the local police were the foot-soldiers of the Holocaust in the east.
Review
“Dean's book is a significant contribution to the history of the Holocaust.” —
Jewish Herald-Voice“...scrupulous research, utilizing eyewitness testimony, trial records and documents only now made available...he not only helps complete the historic record of that area and that period, but he also sets the record straight...” —Martyrdom and Resistance
“Dean has written a gripping book detailing numerous acts of brutality and documenting beyond questions the role of the local population in the Holocaust...a valuable contribution to the field.” —Russian Review
...balanced, well-nuanced, and sensitive portrayal of both victims and perpetrators in all their complexity. —Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Synopsis
Examines the key role of local police units in the genocide of the Jews in Belorussia and Ukraine under German occupation.
About the Author
Martin Dean is Research Fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Table of Contents
The Soviet Occupation of Eastern Poland, 1939-41 * "Operation Barbarossa" * Mass Killings in the Autumn of 1941 * Local Police Organization, 1941-44 * The Ghetto "Liquidations" of 1942-43 * Partisan Warfare, 1942-44 * Post-War Fates of Collaborators and Survivors * Conclusion: Local Collaboration in the Holocaust * Appendix A: Demography of the Holocaust in the East * Index
The Soviet Occupation of Eastern Poland, 1939-41 * "Operation Barbarossa" * Mass Killings in the Autumn of 1941 * Local Police Organization, 1941-44 * The Ghetto "Liquidations" of 1942-43 * Partisan Warfare, 1942-44 * Post-War Fates of Collaborators and Survivors * Conclusion: Local Collaboration in the Holocaust * Appendix A: Demography of the Holocaust in the East * Index