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Murder without hatred : Estonians and the Holocaust
- Title
- Murder without hatred : Estonians and the Holocaust / Anton Weiss-Wendt.
- Author
- Weiss-Wendt, Anton, 1973-
- Publication
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 476 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this detailed study of Estonians' role in the Holocaust, Anton Weiss-Wendt casts light on a largely unexplored subject. A country known for its benevolent treatment of ethnic minorities, Estonia had a small number of indigenous Jews, and anti-Semitism existed on a relatively limited scale. However, many ethnic Estonians, acting as auxiliary security forces under the guidance of the German security police, participated in the murder of several thousands of Estonian, Czech, and German Jews. Weiss-Wendt investigates these acts of genocide by posing the simple question: what prompted the Estonians to cooperate with the Nazis? He argues that the actions were voluntary but that the reasons varied." "Narrating the history of Estonia's involvement, Weiss-Wendt presents lucid explanations regarding the relationships between nation building, mass violence, and the brutal effects of authoritarian oppression on occupied states." "The first book-length exploration of this aspect of the Holocaust, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust enriches our knowledge of ethnic violence and reinvigorates current debates over the roots and operation of the Holocaust."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Religion, theology, and the Holocaust
- Uniform Title
- Religion, theology, and the Holocaust
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Jews > Persecutions > History > Estonia > 20th century
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Estonia
- World War, 1939-1945 > Collaborationists > Estonia
- Collaborationists
- Ethnic relations
- Jews > Persecutions
- Besatzungspolitik
- Geschichte
- Judenverfolgung
- Kollaboration
- Nationalsozialismus
- Judenvernichtung
- Kollaboration
- Judenvernichtung
- Estonia
- Germany
- Jews
- Holocaust
- Persecution
- Collaboration
- Occupation
- World War II
- History
- Judeförföljelser > historia > Estland > 1900-talet
- Förintelsen > Estland
- Andra världskriget 1939-1945 > Estland
- Estonia > History > German occupation, 1941-1944
- Estonia > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century
- Estonia
- Estland
- Estland
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Estonians and their state -- The breakdown, 1939-1941-- The collective experience of Nazi occupation -- The coming of terror -- "Estland ist Judenrein!" -- "Jewish" files: Tallinn -- The end complete: Jews in provincial cities -- Jewish transports from Czechoslovakia and Germany, Fall 1942 -- Jewish slave labor for the Baltöl empire -- Jewish forced labor camps, 1943-1944 -- Klooga -- Conclusions: explaining collaboration.
- ISBN
- 9780815632283
- 0815632282
- LCCN
- 2009011131
- OCLC
- ocn297811139
- 297811139
- SCSB-14415627
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library