The Holocaust in the Soviet Union (Comprehensive History of the Holocaust) by Yitzhak Arad

by Yitzhak Arad

Published by the University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, and Yad Vashem, Jerusalem The Holocaust in the Soviet Union is the most complete account to date of the Soviet Jews during the World War II and the Holocaust (1941–45). Reports, records, documents, and research previously unavailable in English enable Yitzhak Arad to trace the Holocaust in the German-occupied territories of the Soviet Union through three separate periods in which German political and military goals in the occupied territories dictated the treatment of the Jews. Arad’s examination of the differences between the Holocaust in the Soviet Union compared to other European nations reveals how Nazi ideological attacks on the Soviet Union, which included war on “Judeo-Bolshevism,” led to harsher treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union than in most other occupied territories. This historical narrative presents a wealth of information from German, Russian, and Jewish archival sources that will be invaluable to scholars, researchers, and the general public for years to come.

Genres: Holocaust

Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Yitzhak Arad is an Israeli historian, author, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan, director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993. He specialised in the history of the Holocaust.

Reviews

[Goatilocks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harrowing.

[JC · Rating 2 out of 5]

After re-reading Browning's magnificent book in this series I was optimistic about this volume, not to say it is poor history, but it was just largely redundant with the Browning. Also for some odd reason it was absolutely RIDDLED with spelling and punctuation errors.