LEADER 03845cam a2200397Ia 4500001 69983 005 20240621172552.0 008 020313s1998 xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocm50186300 035 69983 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 DK508.833 |b.B47 1998 100 1 Berkhoff, Karel C. |q(Karel Cornelis), |d1965- 245 10 Hitler's clean slate : |beveryday life in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, 1941-1944 / |cby Karel Cornelis Berkhoff. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c1998. 300 vii, 547 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 1998. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-547). 520 This is the first detailed study of the impact of Nazi rule on the largest colony of Germany's Third Reich, the Reichskommissariat Ukraine. It should be of interest to students of the Soviet Union, eastern Europe, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust. Although the majority population-Ukrainians-receive the most attention, this is intended as a territorial history and, therefore, takes into account the experiences and perceptions of non-Ukrainians as well. The focus is on three aspects of everyday life under civilian Nazi rule: (1) socio-economic conditions-work, housing, food, and famine; (2) spiritual life-religious and popular culture, ethnic identity, and political loyalties; and (3) special targets of the Nazis-prisoners of war, Jews, Roma/Gypsies, ethnic Germans, and candidates for forced labor in the Reich-as well as the relation of these people with the rest of the population. This work is based on many published materials and in particular on a wide range of primary sources that were previously not available to researchers. German-language sources include documents produced by the Nazi authorities, dealing with the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, the Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, and the SS. Other sources are the records of the auxiliary native administrations in the Kiev region; records of Communist underground activists and partisans; contemporary newspapers, magazines, brochures, leaflets, and posters; folkloric materials, diaries, and memoirs; and interviews conducted by Soviet historians during the 1940s as well as by the author during the 1990s. One of the contentions of the study is that Nazi rule, besides being mortally dangerous for the inhabitants, was a tremendous disappointment for the vast majority of the population. Nonetheless, throughout this period prewar mentalities continued to have a tremendous hold over the native population. In particular, it is very doubtful whether the Nazi experience prompted more than a limited nostalgia for Soviet rule, and it is also unlikely that Ukrainians became more conscious of their ethnicity. In the final analysis, the Nazi regime did little more than kill people. It hardly had any impact on the Weltanschauung of those who survived. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2002. |e23 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Ukraine |xHistory |yGerman occupation, 1941-1944. 651 0 Ukraine. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zUkraine. 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=727811161&sid=14&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib69983/NQ53909.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 E0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hDK508.833 |i.B47 1998 852 |bwww 852 |bebook