On the threshold of the Holocaust: anti-Jewish riots and pogroms in occupied Europe: Warsaw, Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Kaunas

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Title:
On the threshold of the Holocaust: anti-Jewish riots and pogroms in occupied Europe: Warsaw, Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Kaunas
Authors:
Szarota, Tomasz
Publication Data:
Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2015.
Pages:
217 p
Series:
Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik; Bd. 11
Contents:
Foreword — Chapter 1. Warsaw: Anti-Jewish excesses after the German invasion; March 1940: the Easter occurrences. The sequence of incidents; The Poles: organisers and participants of the riots; The conduct and attitudes of Varsovians; The role of the Germans: instigators, or organisers and active participants of the incidents? — Chapter 2. Paris: Anti-Semitic propaganda and first anti-Jewish incidents at the threshold of the occupation; French anti-Semites and their German counterparts; The incidents on Champs-Elysees of 20th August 1940; Excesses continue. Competition amongst anti-Semitic organisations. Anti-Jewish legislation; The Parisians’ attitude; A Kristallnacht in the city on the Seine. Paris synagogues attacked in the night of 2nd / 3rd October 1941 — Chapter 3. The Hague and Amsterdam. Antwerp: The two capital cities of the Netherlands; Antwerp — Chapter 4. Kaunas / Kovno: From an independent state to a (forcedly established) Soviet republic; The Lithuanian Activist Front in Berlin and the Underground at home; “Self-cleansing actions”: a task of the Einsatzgruppen and a stage in the Holocaust; Kaunas in Lithuanian hands, 23rd-24th June 1941: a national uprising, or a settling of accounts with the “Judeo-commies”?; A five-day a pogrom under German oversight (25th to 29th June, 1941); A German offer to the Jews: continued pogroms or the ghetto.
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Etninė istorija / Ethnic history; Holokaustas / Holocaust; Politinė istorija / Political history; Diskriminacija. Konfliktai / Discrimination. Conflict; 20 amžius; Lietuva (Lithuania); Kaunas. Kauno kraštas; Prancūzija (France); Lenkija (Poland); Vokietija (Germany); Nyderlandai (Netherlands).
Summary / Abstract:

ENIn the early months of the German occupation during WWII, many of Europe’s major cities witnessed anti-Jewish riots, anti-Semitic incidents, and even pogroms carried out by the local population. Who took part in these excesses, and what was their attitude towards the Germans? Were they guided or spontaneous? What part did the Germans play in these events and how did they manipulate them for their own benefit? Delving into the source material for Warsaw, Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Kaunas, this study is the first to take a comparative look at these questions. Looking closely at events many would like to forget, the volume describes various characters and their stories, revealing some striking similarities and telling differences, while raising tantalising questions.

DOI:
10.3726/978-3-653-02440-1
ISBN:
9783631640487
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Istorija / History
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