| Description |
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Efraim Zuroff: Lithuania and the Holocaust -- Part I: Before the Journey -- Efraim Zuroff: My Connection to Lithuania -- Rūta Vanagaitė: My Connection to the Holocaust -- Meeting the Enemy -- Part II: Preparation for the Journey -- Lithuania, 1941: Getting Rid of the Jews -- Lithuania Today: Minimizing the Crimes -- Mission Impossible? -- Part III: Journey with the Enemy: Thirteen Destinations -- Kaunas/Kovno -- Linkmenys/Ligmiyan -- Švenčionys/Shventzyan -- Kavarskas/Kovarsk -- Ukmergė/Vilkomir -- Šeduva/Shadeve -- Telšiai/Telz -- Plungė/Plungyan -- Plateliai/Plotel -- Tauragė/Tavrig -- Butrimonys/Butrimants -- Panevėžys/Ponevezh -- Belarus -- Part IV: The Hell of Vilnius/Vilna -- Portraits of the Witnesses -- Portrait of a Student -- Portrait of a Postman -- Dreams of a Killer -- Portraits of the Victims -- Portrait of a Corpse-Burner -- The Fates of the Killers -- The Last Day -- Part V: Conclusion -- Human Faces of the Murderers -- Lithuania Got Richer -- The Farewell -- Afterword: Rūta Vanagaitė: Lithuania Is Angry, Lithuania Is Sad. |
| Summary |
"This remarkable book traces the quest for the truth about the Holocaust in Lithuania by two ostensible enemies: Rūta a descendant of the perpetrators, Efraim a descendant of the victims. Rūta Vanagaitė, a successful Lithuanian writer, was motivated by her recent discoveries that some of her relatives had played a role in the mass murder of Jews and that Lithuanian officials had tried to hide the complicity of local collaborators. Efraim Zuroff, a noted Israeli Nazi hunter, had both professional and personal motivations. He had worked for years to bring Lithuanian war criminals to justice and to compel local authorities to tell the truth about the Holocaust in their country. The facts that his maternal grandparents were born in Lithuania and that he was named for a great-uncle who was murdered with his family in Vilnius with the active help of Lithuanians made his search personal as well. Our People exposes the significant role in implementing the Final Solution played by local political leaders and the prewar Lithuanian administration that remained in place during the Nazi occupation. It also tackles the sensitive issue of the motivation of thousands of ordinary Lithuanians who were complicit in the murder of their Jewish neighbors. At the heart of the book, these are the issues that Rūta and Efraim discuss, debate, and analyze as they crisscross the country to visit dozens of Holocaust mass murder sites in Lithuania and neighboring Belarus. This book follows them on their remarkable journey as they search for neglected graves, interview eyewitnesses, and uncover hints of the rich life that had existed in hundreds of Jewish communities throughout Lithuania."-- Provided by the publisher. |
| Language |
Translated from Lithuanian. |
| Subject |
Zuroff, Efraim.
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Vanagaitė, Rūta.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Lithuania -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Lithuania.
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Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
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Zuroff, Efraim. (OCoLC)fst00021483
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Jews -- Persecutions.
(OCoLC)fst00983322
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Criminal investigation. (OCoLC)fst00883201
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War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
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Lithuania. (OCoLC)fst01227863
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Zuroff, Efraim.
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Vanagaitė, Rūta.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Lithuania -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Lithuania.
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Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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German Occupation of Lithuania (Lithuania : 1941-1944) (OCoLC)fst01353180
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Zuroff, Efraim, author.
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| Added Title |
Mūsiškiai. English
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| Other Form: |
Ebook version : 9781538133040 |
| ISBN |
1538133032 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781538133033 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781538133040 (electronic publication) |
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