European Bloodlands of 1930s and 1940s - Einzelansicht

During the 1930s and 1940s Germany and the Soviet Union committed mass murders of estimated 14 million civilians in the territories of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and partially Romania and Russia; territories, which were labeled by the historian Timothy Snyder as bloodlands. In each of the countries, as well as in Germany and Israel, a slightly different focus is laid today on these atrocities, partially amplified by the official politics of memory. The seminar aims to overcome those particular perspectives and offers a broad view into the implications of the Nazi and Soviet policies towards various ethnic, religious and political groups in the aforementioned territories. The basis for the seminar is the critically acclaimed book “Bloodlands. Europe between Hitler and Stalin” by Timothy Snyder.

Timothy Snyder: Bloodlands. Europe between Hitler and Stalin, New York 2010. [or other editions]

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