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Record Nr.

UNINA9910548272603321

Autore

Motyl Alexander

Titolo

The Great West Ukrainian prison massacre of 1941 : a sourcebook / / edited by Ksenya Kiebuzinski and Alexander Motyl [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2017

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2017

ISBN

90-485-2682-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

947.7084

Soggetti

Massacres - Ukraine, Western - History

Prisons - Ukraine, Western - History

Ukraine History 1921-1944 Sources

Ukraine, Western History Soviet occupation, 1939-1941 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- No Inscription -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Kiebuzinski, Ksenya / Motyl, Alexander -- Biography -- Scholarly Literature -- Soviet, German, Polish, and British Documents -- Newspaper Reports -- Survivors' and Eyewitness Accounts -- Supplementary Material -- Biographies -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments of Copyrights and Sources -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, executed a staggering number of political prisoners in Western Ukraine-somewhere between 10,000 and 40,000-in the space of eight days, in one of the greatest atrocities perpetrated by the Soviet state. Yet the Great West Ukrainian Prison Massacre of 1941 is largely unknown. This sourcebook aims to change that, offering detailed scholarly analysis, eyewitness testimonies and profiles of known victims, and a selection of fiction, memoirs, and poetry that testifies to the lasting impact of the massacre in the collective memory of Ukrainians.