04380nam 2200793Ia 450 991080996920332120200520144314.01-281-75261-497866117526130-520-93133-510.1525/9780520931336(CKB)1000000000576804(EBL)358945(OCoLC)476183665(SSID)ssj0000203400(PQKBManifestationID)11190194(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203400(PQKBWorkID)10259596(PQKB)11135597(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056149(MiAaPQ)EBC358945(MdBmJHUP)muse30416(DE-B1597)518704(OCoLC)560506391(DE-B1597)9780520931336(Au-PeEL)EBL358945(CaPaEBR)ebr10240771(CaONFJC)MIL175261(EXLCZ)99100000000057680420080128d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Minsk ghetto, 1941/1943 Jewish resistance and Soviet internationalism /Barbara Epstein1st ed.Berkeley, Los Angeles University of California Press20081 online resource (372 p.)The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-24242-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-335) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Jewish-Byelorussian Solidarity in World War II Minsk -- 2. Why Minsk Was Different -- 3. The Minsk Ghetto -- 4. The Ghetto Underground -- 5. Solidarity in Wartime Minsk -- 6. Going to the Partisans -- 7. The Soviet Betrayal of the Minsk Underground -- 8. Strategies of Resistance Elsewhere: The Kovno Ghetto -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Guide to Names -- Sources -- IndexDrawing from engrossing survivors' accounts, many never before published, The Minsk Ghetto 1941-1943 recounts a heroic yet little-known chapter in Holocaust history. In vivid and moving detail, Barbara Epstein chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Telling a story that stands in stark contrast to what transpired across much of Eastern Europe, where Jews found few reliable allies in the face of the Nazi threat, this book captures the texture of life inside and outside the Minsk ghetto, evoking the harsh conditions, the life-threatening situations, and the friendships that helped many escape almost certain death. Epstein also explores how and why this resistance movement, unlike better known movements at places like Warsaw, Vilna, and Kovno, was able to rely on collaboration with those outside ghetto walls. She finds that an internationalist ethos fostered by two decades of Soviet rule, in addition to other factors, made this extraordinary story possible.S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)BelarusMinskJewsBelarusMinskHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Jewish resistanceBelarusMinskWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsBelarusMinskWorld War, 1939-1945BelarusWorld War, 1939-1945Soviet UnionBelarusHistoryGerman occupation, 1941-1944Minsk (Belarus)Ethnic relationsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)JewsHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Jewish resistanceWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945940.53185786Epstein Barbara Leslie1944-1711214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809969203321The Minsk ghetto, 19414102379UNINA