The Massacre of the Jews of Lithuania : Lithuanian collaboration in the Final Solution, 1941-1944

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: "Galutinis sprendimas"; Antrasis pasaulinis karas, 1939-1945 (World War II); Bendradarbiavimas; Ekonominis antisemitizmas; Galutinis sprendimas; Getas; Holokaustas; II Pasaulinis karas; Lietuviai; Lietuvos žydai; Nacistinė Vokietija; Nacių okupacija; Politinis antisemitizmas; Religinis antisemitizmas; Sovietų okupacija; Žydai; "Final solution"; Collaboration; Economic antisemitism; Final Solution; Ghetto; Holocaust; Jews; Lithianian Jews; Lithuania; Lithuanians; Nazi Germany; Nazi occupation; Political antisemitism; Religious antisemitism; Second World War; Soviet occupation; World War II.

ENThe Massacre of Lithuania's Jews : Lithuanian Collaboration in the Final Solution, 1941-1944 exposes several misconceptions concerning the role of Lithuanians, both the leaders and the ordinary people, in rounding up and murdering their Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust. It is well documented that Lithuanians, before and during the Nazi occupation, actively killed Jews on their own initiative. However, what is uncovered here is that under Nazi rule Lithuanian officials and church leaders were not merely puppets of the Germans, but showed great ability to maneuver and resist German directives in nearly every other realm, with the sole exception of executing the Final Solution. Although this scholarly exposition shines light on the extraordinary acts of a precious few Lithuanians in assisting Jews, it also exposes the far more typical acts of the many, whose indifference, hatred, or self-interest made genocide possible in Lithuania.