Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Genocide Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
3,1 (2001) 13-29; 3,2: 207-218; 3,3: 391-403
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Discusses the role of the civil administration in helping the Nazi military occupy and maintain order in Belorussia after the first wave of the murder of Jews by Einsatzgruppen in 1941. Deals with the Order Police and its role in supplementing the much smaller military forces. Provides information about the Schutzmannschaften, which in 1942-44 contributed to the massacre of the Jews (1.5 million). Discusses the functions of the local Gendarmerie and Schutzmannshaft, such as rounding up victims and collecting their property, as well as executing them by shooting and catching those that escaped. By August 1943 they had played a major role in making places such as Slonim, Minsk, Slutsk, Kletsk, Mir, Stolbtsy, Baranovichi, and the Glubokoye district "judenfrei." Focuses on three stages in the genocide in Belorussia: the removal of Jews from the countryside, the reduction of the ghetto population through selections, and the liquidation of the ghettos and Jewish communities. Among the factors that influenced the Gendarmerie to collaborate, notes the authority of the Gebietskommissar, a deeply ingrained sense of duty, and, to a lesser degree, ideological antisemitism.
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