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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457022703321

Autore

Rein Leonid

Titolo

The kings and the pawns [[electronic resource] ] : collaboration in Byelorussia during World War II / / Leonid Rein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

1-78238-048-5

0-85745-043-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Collana

War and genocide ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

940.53/478

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Collaborationists - Belarus

Nazis - Belarus - History - 20th century

Collaborationists - Belarus - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Belarus

World War, 1939-1945 - Belarus

Electronic books.

Belarus History German occupation, 1941-1944

Belarus Politics and government 1917-1945

Belarus Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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