HIST 295 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Eastern Belorussia, Extermination Camp, Baltic States

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Initial killing of jews in ussr includes: baltic states, east. Second wave of killing from spring to winter 1942 in western. Ukraine and belarus as a continuation of earlier operations as well as german belief that jews aided soviet partisans. 1942-43 ship jews from bialystok to treblinka and auschwitz death camps. East galicia sends 250k jews to belzec death camp in 1942. Shooting remains most popular killing method in ussr. Soviet turns tide from november 1942- february 1943 by destroying german army in stalingard and romania, continually advancing. Final wave of killing jews occurs until german occupation is ceased in summer of 1944. Remaining jews in ghettos and labour camps were killed on the spot or sent to german camps. Jews reactions to mass murder depended on local understanding of german intentions, nature of jewish leadership, material resources available to jews and level of help jews received from local populations and characterized by vulnerability.

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