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Mass Violence and Genocide in Eastern Europe and the Balkans: The Second World War and its Aftermath (Comparative Genocide) - Hardcover
The Second World War and its immediate aftermath representsa pivotal period of violence in the history of Central and South East Europe. 6to 7 million people were killed, approximately 15 million were deported andmillions more were confined in prisons or concentration camps. This bookprovides the first detailed survey of this wartime and postwar violence and theethnic cleansing that took place. Employing a transnational approach, Alexander Korb andDieter Pohl analyse mass violence committed by all warring parties in theregion during the period; the book covers German, Italian and other Axis alliedperpetrators, as well as the Soviet forces and indigenous actors during the war.Mass Violence and Genocide in Eastern Europe explores the actions of these perpetrators, their politicsand motivations, as well as how they interacted. The book also looks closely atthe societies affected by this brutality and how individual victims experiencedand reacted to what was unfolding around them. Accessibly written, this book gives students a more nuancedunderstanding of the violence and ethnic cleansing that took place in Centraland South East Europe during and after the conflict.
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About the Author:
Alexander Korb is Lecturer in Modern European History and DeputyDirector of the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Leicester University, UK. Dieter Pohl is Chair for Contemporary History at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Academic
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1472530853
- ISBN 13 9781472530851
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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