Harvest of despair : life and death in Ukraine under Nazi rule / Karel C. Berkhoff.
2004
DK508.833 .B47 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Harvest of despair : life and death in Ukraine under Nazi rule / Karel C. Berkhoff.
ISBN
9780674027183 (pbk.)
0674027183 (pbk.)
9780674013131
0674013131
0674027183 (pbk.)
9780674013131
0674013131
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 463 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Call Number
DK508.833 .B47 2004
Alternate Call Number
15.70
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.53/477
Summary
"Karel Berkhoff provides a searing portrait of life in the Third Reich's largest colony. Under the Nazis, a blend of German nationalism, anti-Semitism, and racist notions about the Slavs produced a reign of terror and genocide. But it is impossible to understand fully Ukraine's response to this assault without addressing the impact of decades of repressive Soviet rule. Berkhoff shows how a pervasive Soviet mentality worked against solidarity, which helps explain why the vast majority of the population did not resist the Germans. He also challenges standard views of wartime eastern Europe by treating in a more nuanced way issues of collaboration and local anti-Semitism." "Berkhoff offers a multifaceted discussion that includes the brutal nature of the Nazi administration; the genocide of the Jews and Roma; the deliberate starving of Kiev; mass deportations within and beyond Ukraine; the role of ethnic Germans; religion and national culture; partisans and the German response; and the desperate struggle to stay alive."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Soviet Ukraine and the German invasion
The Reichskommissariat Ukraine
The Holocaust of the Jews in Roma
Prisoners of war
Life in the countryside
Conditions in the cities
Famine in Kiev
Popular culture
Ethnic identity and political loyalties
Religion and popular piety
Deportations and forced migrations
Toward the end of Nazi rule.
The Reichskommissariat Ukraine
The Holocaust of the Jews in Roma
Prisoners of war
Life in the countryside
Conditions in the cities
Famine in Kiev
Popular culture
Ethnic identity and political loyalties
Religion and popular piety
Deportations and forced migrations
Toward the end of Nazi rule.