The Khatyn Massacre in Belorussia : A Historical Controversy Revisited
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Summary, in English
The brutal March 1943 massacre in the Belorussian village of Khatyn, commemorated in a 1969 memorial, has come to symbolize the horrors of the German occupation. Given the continuing centrality of the massacre to Belarusian memory politics, the details of the event remain under:studied. For political reasons, Soviet authorities and Ukrainian diaspora nationalists alike had an interest in de-emphasizing the central role of collaborators in carrying out the massacre. Using German military records, Soviet partisan diaries, and materials from Belorussian and Canadian legal cases, the author of this article revisits one of the most infamous, yet least understood war crimes committed on Soviet territory.
Department/s
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Pages
29-58
Publication/Series
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Volume
26
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
- History
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 8756-6583