Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
20 (1990) 115-142
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Describes the difficult situation of the Jewish populations of the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and districts in Russia after the outbreak of the war. Mentions that the Soviet decision of 27 June 1941 to evacuate came too late, when large parts of these territories had already been occupied by the German army. There was confusion among the Jews facing the decision to stay or to follow the Red Army in its retreat. Success in escaping was determined by the attitudes of local authorities toward evacuation, the interdiction to abandon work posts, the shortage of means of transportation, preferential treatment accorded to state officials and their families, and the refusal of many Soviet border authorities to allow border crossings. The total number of Jewish escapees and evacuees from western Poland and the German-annexed areas is estimated at 140,000-170,000.
Note:
Appeared in Russian as "Судьбоносное решение: бегство евреев во внутренние районы СССР летом 1941 года" in "Яд Вашем; исследования" 1 (2009) 43-71.
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