The Lesser of Two Evils

by Levin, Dov

• ISBN13: 9780827605183
• ISBN10: 0827605188
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Jewish Pubn Society

Summary

The Lesser of Two Evils describes the quandary and fate of the two million eastern European Jews following the infamous Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of August 1939, which divided the regions of eastern Poland, the Baltics, and eastern Rumania between Nazi Germany and the USSR. The Jews in these areas were thus faced with deciding who was the "lesser of two evils"--the Soviets or the Nazis.

Author Biography

Dov Levin is Director of the Oral History Division of the Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Historical Background	p. 3
First Reactions	p. 31
Identification and Integration	p. 40
The Economy and Society	p. 65
Education and Research Institutions	p. 89
Cultural Life	p. 115
Religious Life	p. 151
Refugees in a Temporary Haven	p. 179
Lithuania as a Gateway to the Free World	p. 198
The Encounter with Soviet Jewry	p. 218
Zionist Underground Activity	p. 235
Exacting Justice with "Hostile" Elements	p. 257
The German Invasion	p. 274
Conclusion	p. 293
Implications of Sovietization on Jews Living in the Annexed Areas During the Nazi Invasion	p. 298
Notes	p. 304
Index	p. 339
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