Alltag hinter der Front : Besatzung, Kollaboration und Widerstand in Weissrussland 1941-1944

Depicts daily existence in Nazi-occupied Belorussia, with special attention to ordinary persons - be they German servicemen or the indigenous inhabitants. Focuses on the situation and events in the General Commissariat White Ruthenia, which included territories annexed from Poland and the area around Minsk. Ch. 7 (pp. 231-269), "Die Ermordung der weissrussischen Juden", relates how the Nazis organized the genocide of the Jews; the survival strategies of Belorussian Jews; the wrangling for Jewish property, due to which Belorussians and Poles became involved in Nazi crimes; and the role of antisemitism, shared by both the partisans and the non-combatant population. The Belorussian authorities (installed by the Nazis), indigenous police, and organizations like the Belorussian People's Self-Help played a crucial role in the mass murder of the Jews: many Belorussians behaved like "Hitler's willing executioners". Slightly abridged and Revision of the author's thesis (Universität Tübingen). xiii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.