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Anatomy of a genocide: the life and death of a town called Buczacz

By Ömer , Simon;Schuster.;Bartov

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Year
2019
ISBN
9781451684537, 9781451684551, 1451684533, 9781451684544, 1451684541, 145168455X
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
65 MB (67783769 bytes)
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition
Pages
398, [1] strona : ilustracje ; 22 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Holocaust--Ukraina--Buczacz;Żydzi--prześladowania-

Description

A fascinating and cautionary examination of how genocide can take root at the local level—turning neighbors, friends, and even family members against one another—as seen through the eastern European border town of Buczacz during World War II.For more than four hundred years, the Eastern European border town of Buczacz—today part of Ukraine—was home to a highly diverse citizenry. It was here that Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews all lived side by side in relative harmony. Then came World War II, and three years later the entire Jewish population had been murdered by German and Ukrainian police, while Ukrainian nationalists eradicated Polish residents. In truth, though, this genocide didn't happen so quickly. In Anatomy of a Genocide Omer Bartov explains that ethnic cleansing doesn't occur as is so often portrayed in popular history, with the quick ascent of a vitriolic political leader and the unleashing of military might. It begins in seeming...

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