The clandestine history of the Kovno Jewish ghetto police
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The clandestine history of the Kovno Jewish ghetto police
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The clandestine history of the Kovno Jewish ghetto police
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
As a force that had to serve two masters, both the Jewish population of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania and its German occupiers, the Kovno Jewish ghetto police walked a fine line between helping Jews survive and meeting Nazi orders. In 1942 and 1943 some of its members secretly composed this history and buried it in tin boxes. This book details the creation and organization of the ghetto, the violent German attacks on the population in the summer of 1941, the periodic selections of Jews to be deported and killed, the labor required of the surviving Jewish population, and the efforts of the police to provide a semblance of stability. A substantial introduction by distinguished historian Samuel D. Kassow places this powerful work within the context of the history of the Kovno Jewish community and its experience and fate at the hands of the Nazis
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Jews + Persecutions -- Lithuania -- Kaunas
- Jewish police officers -- Lithuania -- Kaunas -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Lithuania -- Kaunas -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Kaunas (Lithuania) -- Ethnic relations
- Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Kaunas
Content
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Subject7
- Jews + Persecutions -- Lithuania -- Kaunas
- Jewish police officers -- Lithuania -- Kaunas -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Lithuania -- Kaunas -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Kaunas (Lithuania) -- Ethnic relations
- Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Kaunas
- Content1