| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 351 p.) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
text file |
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The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-335) and index. |
| Contents |
Jewish-Byelorussian solidarity in World War II Minsk -- Why Minsk was different -- The Minsk ghetto -- The ghetto underground -- Solidarity in wartime Minsk -- Going to the partisans -- The Soviet betrayal of the Minsk underground -- Strategies of resistance elsewhere: the Kovno ghetto. |
| Summary |
"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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Belarus -- Minsk -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Belarus -- Minsk.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belarus -- Minsk.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Belarus -- Minsk.
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Belarus -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Belarus.
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Minsk (Belarus) -- Ethnic relations.
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HISTORY -- Holocaust. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General. |
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Ethnic relations |
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Jews |
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Underground movements, War |
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Belarus |
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Belarus -- Minsk |
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Soviet Union |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) |
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German Occupation of Belarus (Belarus : 1941-1944) |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The Minsk ghetto, 1941-1943 Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. 9780520242425 (alk. paper) (DLC) 2008003977 |
| ISBN |
9780520931336 ebook |
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0520931335 |
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9780520242425 (alk. paper) |
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0520242424 (alk. paper) |
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1281752614 |
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9781281752611 |
| Standard No. |
9786611752613 |
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