Dance on the razor's edge : crime and punishment in the Nazi ghettos /

The ghettos established by the Nazis in German-occupied eastern Europe during the Second World War have mainly been seen as lawless spaces marked by brutality, tyranny and the systematic murder of the Jewish population. Drawing on examples from the Warsaw, Lodz and Vilna ghettos, Dance on the Razor&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bethke, Svenja (Author)
Other Authors: Howe, Sharon (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Series:German and European studies ; 39.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Nazi Jewish Policy in Eastern Europe and the Perspective of the Jewish Councils
  • Jewish Council Proclamations: Definitions of Criminal Activity
  • The Jewish Police as an Executive Organ
  • The Ghetto Courts
  • The Ghetto Penal System
  • Ordinary Ghetto Residents and Their Relationship with Internal and External Authorities.