- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Browning, Christopher R.
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
©2010
- Locale
- Poland
Starachowice
Wierzbnik (Starachowice, Poland)
Starachowice (Poland)
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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pt. 1. The Jews of Wierzbnik
The prewar Jewish community of Wierzbnik-Starachowice
The outbreak of war
The early months of German occupation
The Judenrat
The German occupiers in Wierzbnik-Starachowice
Coping with adversity in Wierzbnik, 1940-1942
pt. 2. The destruction of the Wierzbnik ghetto
Wierzbnik on the eve of destruction
The Aktion, October 27, 1942
Into the camps
pt. 3. Terror and typhus : fall 1942-spring 1943
Personalities and structures
The typhus epidemic
The Althoff massacres
Tartak
pt. 4. Stabilization
The Kolditz era : summer-fall 1943
Jewish work
Food, property, and the underground economy
The Ukrainian guards
Poles and Jews
Children in the camps
Childbirth, abortion, sex, and rape
The Schroth era : winter-spring 1944
pt. 5. Consolidation, escape, evacuation
Closing Majówka and Tartak
The final days
From Starachowice to Birkenau
The Starachowice women and children in Birkenau
Escapees
pt. 6. Aftermath
Return to and flight from Wierzbnik
Postwar investigations and trials in Germany.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The Jews of Wierzbnik -- The prewar Jewish community of Wierzbnik-Starachowice -- The outbreak of war -- The early months of German occupation -- The Judenrat -- The German occupiers in Wierzbnik-Starachowice -- Coping with adversity in Wierzbnik, 1940-1942 -- pt. 2. The destruction of the Wierzbnik ghetto -- Wierzbnik on the eve of destruction -- The Aktion, October 27, 1942 -- Into the camps -- pt. 3. Terror and typhus : fall 1942-spring 1943 -- Personalities and structures -- The typhus epidemic -- The Althoff massacres -- Tartak -- pt. 4. Stabilization -- The Kolditz era : summer-fall 1943 -- Jewish work -- Food, property, and the underground economy -- The Ukrainian guards -- Poles and Jews -- Children in the camps -- Childbirth, abortion, sex, and rape -- The Schroth era : winter-spring 1944 -- pt. 5. Consolidation, escape, evacuation -- Closing Majówka and Tartak -- The final days -- From Starachowice to Birkenau -- The Starachowice women and children in Birkenau -- Escapees -- pt. 6. Aftermath -- Return to and flight from Wierzbnik -- Postwar investigations and trials in Germany.