In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 in Ukraine and the Onset of the Holocaust
Vortrag von Prof. Jeffrey Veidlinger (University of Michigan) im Rahmen der Yerushalmi Lecture 2023
Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Largely forgotten today, these pogroms—ethnic riots—dominated headlines and international affairs in their time. Aid workers warned that six million Jews were in danger of complete extermination. Twenty years later, these dire predictions would come true.
Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records, and official orders, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal violence created the conditions for the Holocaust. Through stories of survivors, perpetrators, aid workers, and governmental officials, he explains how so many different groups of people came to the same conclusion: that killing Jews was an acceptable response to their various problems.
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Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger ist Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies and der University of Michigan. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen Neuere jüdische Geschichte, Russland- und Osteuropa-Studien sowie Holocaust-Forschung. Ende 2022 erschien sein aktuelles Buch „Mitten im zivilisierten Europa: Die Pogrome von 1918 bis 1921 und die Vorgeschichte des Holocaust“ in deutscher Übersetzung beim Verlag C.H. Beck.
Die Yerushalmi Lecture wird in Kooperation mit der Abteilung für Geschichte Ost- und Südosteuropas veranstaltet und von der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern und dem C.H. Beck Verlag unterstützt.