Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
35,3 (2021) 404-423
Keywords:
Jews Economic conditions 20th century
;
Jewish merchants History 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
An analysis of Soviet economic and social policy in Western Belorussia between 1939 and 1941 illustrates the changing social status of one-time Jewish merchants—thus shedding light on how Sovietization influenced interethnic relations prior to, and during, the Holocaust. The author observes that Soviet economic transformation was self-defeating in nature, causing an artificial economic crisis that exacerbated interethnic tensions. The socio-economic situation that emerged in 1939–1941 thus contributed to the outbreak of anti-Jewish violence after the German invasion.
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