The Minsk ghetto, 1941/1943 [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish resistance and Soviet internationalism / / Barbara Epstein

• Autore: Epstein Barbara Leslie <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53185786
• Soggetto topico: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Belarus - Minsk; Jews - Belarus - Minsk - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance - Belarus - Minsk; World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Belarus - Minsk; World War, 1939-1945 - Belarus; World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union
• Soggetto geografico: Belarus History German occupation, 1941-1944; Minsk (Belarus) Ethnic relations
• Soggetto non controllato: antisemitism; belarus; biography; byelorussians; communism; communist underground; eastern europe; europe; forests; genocide; gentiles; ghetto resistance; ghetto underground; ghetto; history; holocaust studies; holocaust survivors; holocaust; jewish ghetto; jewish history; jewish resistance; jewish; jews; judaic; judaism; military; minsk; nazis; nonfiction; oral history; rebellion; religion; religious persecution; resistance fighters; resistance; solidarity; soviet jews; soviet; underground; ussr; war; wartime minsk; world war two; ww2
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-335) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Minsk ghetto, 1941
• ISBN: 1-281-75261-4; 9786611752613; 0-520-93133-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782564003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.