Collaboration in the Holocaust: Crimes of the Local Police in Belorussia and Ukraine, 1941–44

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What was the role played by local police volunteers in the Holocaust? Using powerful eye-witness descriptions from the towns and villages of Belorussia and Ukraine, Martin Dean's new book reveals local policemen as hands-on collaborators of the Nazis. They brutally drove Jewish neighbors from their homes and guarded them closely on the way to their deaths. Some distinguished themselves as ruthless murders. Outnumbering German police manpower in these areas, the local police were the foot-soldiers of the Holocaust in the east. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx The Soviet Occupation of Eastern Poland, 1939–41 (Martin Dean)....Pages 1-16 ‘Operation Barbarossa’ (Martin Dean)....Pages 17-40 Mass Killings in the Autumn of 1941 (Martin Dean)....Pages 41-59 Local Police Organization, 1941–44 (Martin Dean)....Pages 60-77 The Ghetto ‘Liquidations’ of 1942–43 (Martin Dean)....Pages 78-104 Local Administration and Exploitation, 1941–44 (Martin Dean)....Pages 105-118 Partisan Warfare, 1942–44 (Martin Dean)....Pages 119-147 Post-War Fates of Collaborators and Survivors (Martin Dean)....Pages 148-160 Conclusion: Local Collaboration in the Holocaust (Martin Dean)....Pages 161-167 Back Matter ....Pages 168-241