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Anatomy of a Genocide

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by Omer Bartov


  Herzig on, 225

  Jews allegedly hidden by, 202–3, 205

  Lissberg’s relationship with, 215

  trial of, 200–205

  and violence against Jews, 202–5, 210, 218–19, 225, 229, 347n

  Pal, Richard, 178, 194–95, 350n

  and violence against Jews, 177–78, 352n, 354n, 356n

  Palek, Izaak, 90, 325n

  Pale of Settlement, 73–74

  Palestine, 152, 260, 346n

  Arab uprising in, 86

  British Mandate in, 135 disease in, 85

  Jewish immigration to, 2, 3, 4, 5, 83–87, 89, 99–100, 122, 156, 174, 312n, 324n, 326n, 358n

  Papusch, 194

  Pasichnyk, Petro, 149–50, 290–91

  Passover, 23, 85–86

  Pavlov, General, 313n

  Pavlyshyn, Tetiana, 296

  Pawłowski, Stanisław, 132

  Peckmann, Heinrich, 184, 191–93, 192, 198, 351n, 355n–56n

  Pelatiuk, Sofia, 166–67

  Pelatiuk, Vasyl, 166–67, 166

  Pelc, Edward, 93, 138–39

  Pennell, Joseph, 20

  Pepi, 195

  Perl, Joseph, 17–18

  Petlikowce, 22–23, 40–41, 46, 49

  Petlikowce Nowe, 253

  Petlikowce Stare, 309n

  Petrograd, 63

  Petrykevych, Bohdan, 150, 159

  Petrykevych, Viktor, 108–9, 109, 130, 150, 158–59, 216, 267, 341n

  and civil war between Poles and Ukrainians, 269–71, 273–74

  and destruction in Buczacz, 265–66

  and Nazi invasions and occupations of Buczacz, 277–78

  and violence against Jews, 277

  Piława, 252

  Piłotkowice, 281

  Piłsudski, Józef, 41, 93, 121, 325n

  elections and, 115–16

  Piotrowska–Dubik, Barbara, 148–49

  Płachta, Jan, 117

  Podolia, 2, 7, 11, 113

  Podzameczek, 146, 252

  pogroms, 61, 71, 78, 186, 229, 249, 276, 319n

  Pohorille, Mrs., 89

  Pohoryles, Rosa, 157

  Poles, Polish, Poland, x, xi, 234–36, 350n, 354n, 358n–68n

  anti–Semitism and, 21, 24, 65, 68, 71, 94, 100–101, 121–22, 127, 131, 133–34, 152, 154, 156, 333n

  arrests and, 131–32, 135, 138–39, 147, 149–51, 173, 273, 280, 283, 338n

  Bartov’s mother’s childhood in, 2

  and Buczacz as bastion of, 39

  Buczacz captured and ruled by, 70–73, 119–20

  Buczacz’s spelling in, xiii

  civil war between Ukrainians and, 268–74, 268, 297–98

  demographic concerns of, 114–16

  deportations and, 133, 138, 147–49, 153–55, 243, 273–74, 280, 339n, 367n–68n

  early history of, 6–13, 15, 19, 40

  economy of, 98–99, 137

  education and, 26–28, 30, 35, 90–92, 98, 104–5, 117–18, 132, 135–39, 141–44, 147–48, 322n, 326n, 331n, 333n

  elections and, 33–34, 110, 115–16, 144–46

  employment discrimination and, 104, 117–18, 136

  end of parliamentary democracy in, 116, 121

  end of Ukrainian rule in, 70, 72

  expansion of, 8–9

  Galicia taken over and ruled by, 76, 102–7, 111–15, 117, 156

  interethnic strife and violence in, 35–36, 78–81, 79, 80, 103, 116, 121, 124–25, 127

  and Jewish immigration to Palestine, 84

  Jewish landownership and, 22–24, 39

  Jewish population of, 9–10

  Jews saved by, 281–84, 364n

  and liberation of Buczacz, 179, 241, 246

  and maintenance of law and order in Buczacz, 72–73

  martyrdom claims of, 289–90

  and memory of kresy, 6, 112–15

  nationalism of, 26–27, 34–35, 40, 64, 68, 75, 79, 84, 91–93, 94, 101, 120, 155–56

  Nazi invasions and occupations of, 126, 130, 139, 147–51, 153–57, 234, 341n

  and Nazi invasions and occupations of Buczacz, 162, 167, 181–82, 201, 210, 218, 235, 239–40, 242–43, 249–51, 257–58, 260–61, 279–80, 290, 363n, 365n

  and Ottoman siege and destruction of Buczacz, 13

  partition of, 40, 64

  patriotism of, 40, 66, 93, 113–14, 138

  politics and, 30, 32, 101–2, 114–15, 119, 121, 123, 140–41, 327n–28n, 331n

  and population of Buczacz, 271, 330n, 367n–68n

  and population of Tarnopol, 330n, 367n

  relations between Jews and, 41–42, 54–55, 65, 96–98, 100–101, 112, 119, 121–22, 133–37, 151–53, 155–56, 240–43, 246, 249–54, 257–61, 279, 294, 332n, 361n

  relations between Nazis and, 123, 127–28

  relations between Roman and Greek Catholics in, 118–20

  relations between Ruthenians and, 23, 118–21

  relations between Ukrainians and, 68–73, 75, 77–79, 101–3, 110–15, 117, 119–28, 132–34, 136–39, 149–50, 153, 155, 266–67, 269–70, 272, 279–80, 288, 290, 317n–18n, 333n–34n

  relations between Zionists and, 84

  repatriation of, 287–88, 368n

  and rescues of babies, 236, 238

  resistance and, 254–55, 256, 348n

  romances and sexual liaisons of, 210

  Ruthenian nationalism and, 19–21

  and socioeconomic status of Jews, 42

  Soviet invasions and occupations of, 73, 88, 130–57, 160, 230, 234, 240, 242, 244, 250, 253–54, 259–60, 262, 271–73, 275, 277–78, 280, 284–88, 290–94, 297, 336n–38n, 340n–42n, 361n–63n, 366n, 368n

  spoken by Jews, 2, 19, 238, 308n–9n

  in struggle with Ukrainians over Galicia, 64–65, 69–71, 74–79, 81, 103, 105, 109, 268–70, 274

  and Ukrainian cultural and educational societies, 105–7

  Ukrainian insurgency and, 124–25, 290, 297–98

  Ukrainian militance and, 122–23

  and Ukrainian takeover of Buczacz, 65–71

  violence against, 78–81, 79, 80, 103, 167, 181, 266–72, 281, 283–85, 287, 297, 359n, 363n–64n

  and violence against Jews, 9–10, 97, 133, 156, 182, 194, 246, 250–51, 279–81, 290, 319n, 348n, 358n, 366n

  and violence against Ukrainians, 270, 272–73, 290

  World War I and, 24, 38, 40–43, 45–46, 49–51, 53–55, 64, 92

  World War II and, 99, 119, 132, 138, 148

  Polish Constitution Day, 117, 120

  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, x, 8, 10

  Połowce, 247–48

  Porchowa, 120, 282

  Potocki, Count Artur, 96

  Potocki, Count Emil, 2, 26

  Potocki, Jan, 9, 11–12, 15

  Potocki, Mikołaj, 14–15, 305n–6n

  Potocki, Stefan, 9, 12–14

  Potocki family crypt, 254

  Potok Złoty, 2, 58

  Pożniak, Tadeusz, 90

  Prague, 101, 236–37

  Prosvita House, 349n

  Prosvita (Enlightenment) society, 20, 105–11, 106, 121–22, 297, 328n

  Nazis and, 106, 160

  World War II and, 106–7

  Przewłoka, 160

  Pużniki, 272, 364n

  Pyszkowcy, 146

  Rabinowicz, Ignacy, 354n

  Rabinowicz, Józef, 352n, 354n–55n

  Rabinowicz, Julia, 215, 355n

  Rachelson, Dov, 352n

  Ratajski, Witold, 211

  Rawa–Ruska, 225

  Red Cross, 46

  Reich, Mendel, 87, 99–100, 171–73, 216, 221, 253

  Reich, Mrs., 222–24

  Reinisch, Aliza (Nir), 151, 246

  Reinstein, 218

  Relief Association for the Destitute Jewish Population of Eastern Galicia, 34

  “Report on Ukrainian Cruelties Committed on the Polish Population of Eastern Galicia,” 79, 79, 80

  Resurrection Day, 12

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 123, 130, 156

/>   Ringelblum, Emanuel, 26, 292

  Ritter, Karl, 228–29

  Ritter, Sophie, 229

  Rohatyn, 294

  Roll, Chaja, 98

  Roman Catholics, 11, 35, 68, 114, 134, 136–37, 238, 305n–6n, 325n

  education and, 14, 26, 39, 91, 136

  in Galicia, 309n

  Jewish intermarriages and, 23

  and Nazi invasions and occupations of Buczacz, 169, 279

  Polish Constitution Day and, 117

  and Polish rule in Buczacz, 119

  and population of Buczacz, 308n, 330n

  and population of Tarnopol, 330n

  relations between Greek and, 118–20, 139

  and relations between Poles and Ukrainians, 269–70

  World War I and, 43, 48

  Romanians, Romania, x, xi, 4, 16, 178

  Rosen, Francia, 233

  Rosen, Henryk, 254, 361n

  Rosen, Leon, 232–33, 358n

  Rosen, Shmuel, 168, 171–72, 174, 175, 254, 346n, 353n–54n

  Rosen, Yehiel, 254

  Rosenbach, Lumcio, 294

  Rosenman, David, 357n–58n

  Rosenman, Zosia, 233

  Rosenow, Artur, 192, 194, 352n

  Rosental, Samuel, 169, 176, 182, 352n–53n

  Rosner, Mina, 151

  Rothmann, 177

  Russian Federation, 298

  Russian Revolution, 316n

  Russians, Russian Empire, x, xiii–xiv, 2, 10–11, 16

  anti–Semitism of, 47, 51

  Buczacz occupied and ruled by, 44–56, 58–61, 61, 313n, 315n

  and Jewish immigration to Palestine, 85

  monastery of, 11

  relations between Ukrainians and, 76–77

  retreats of, 52–54, 62, 63

  and violence against Jews, 47, 50, 55, 59–61

  World War I and, 38, 40, 42, 44–63, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 76, 313n, 315n–16n

  Russkaya Rada, 22

  Ruthenians, Ruthenia, 7, 68, 117, 122–23, 309n

  anti–Semitism and, 20–23

  education and, 26–28, 35, 118, 123, 322n, 331n

  elections and, 34, 115, 311n

  ethnic conflicts and, 35, 76–77

  in Galicia, 16, 35, 76, 79

  Jewish landownership and, 22–23, 39

  Jewish politics and, 333n

  nationalism of, 19–22, 27, 34–35

  and Polish capture and rule in Buczacz, 70–71

  and population of Buczacz, 330n

  and population of Tarnopol, 330n

  poverty and illiteracy of, 35

  relations between Poles and, 23, 118–21

  and relations between Roman and Greek Catholics, 120

  and relations between Russians and Ukrainians, 76–77

  socialism and, 32

  and Soviet occupation and rule in Poland, 132

  Ukrainian militance and, 123

  World War I and, 40–42, 45, 64, 76

  World War II and, 119

  Rutyna, Ludwik, 133–35, 134, 269–70, 280

  Rux, 194–95, 352n

  Rybachuk, K. M., 274–75

  St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church, 117

  St. Petersburg, 59, 316n

  Schechter, Barbara, 358n

  Schinagl, Matthias, 227–28

  Schmetterling, Leon, 361n

  Schorr, 189

  Schulenburg, Friedrich–Werner Graf von der, 157, 340n–41n

  Seelos, Gebhard, 127–28, 334n

  Segal, 131, 135–36

  Seifer, Bernhard, 26, 171–74, 257, 345n–46n, 364n

  and bribes and extortion, 171–72, 254

  Eger’s relationship with, 205–6

  Pahl’s relationship with, 201–2

  Shapira, Jacob, 100–101

  Shenko, 256

  Sheptytsky, Andrey, 75

  Shevchenko, Taras, 127

  Shevchenko Scientific Society, 312n

  Sholem Aleichem, 140

  Shukhevych, Fedir, 162

  Shyshman, Ibrahim (the Fat), 12

  Siberia, 91, 366n

  deportations and, 147, 150–53, 280, 285, 287

  Sich, 297, 349n

  in Buczacz, 160, 162

  Siewiński, Antoni, 39

  anti–Semitism of, 39–42, 44–45, 47, 51, 54, 67–68, 70–71

  and Bolshevik rule in Buczacz, 74

  education and, 39–40, 44, 48, 52, 56–57, 64, 67–68, 71, 74, 325n

  and ghettoization of Jews, 51

  imprisonment of, 68

  nationalism of, 39–40, 68

  and Polish capture and rule in Buczacz, 70–71

  and Russian invasions and occupations of Buczacz, 44–48, 50–52

  and Ukrainian takeover of Buczacz, 65–70, 318n

  and violence, plunder, and destruction in Buczacz, 47–49

  World War I and, 38, 40–54, 56–58, 68, 313n–14n

  Siewiński, Józef, 41, 57, 66–67

  Siewiński, Marian, 41, 43, 57, 66, 68

  Siewiński, Zygmunt, 41, 43, 57, 66, 68

  Sifrei Sha’ashuim (Books of Delight), 25

  Silesia, 93

  Sipo, 277

  in Czortków, 164, 184, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191–94, 192, 193, 196–97, 199, 206, 214, 350n–51n

  in Tarnopol, 164, 181, 214

  Siwy, Szymin, 146

  Siyak, Ostap, 42

  Skamene, Emil, 236–38

  Skamene, Richard and Frederika, 237

  Skvartsova, Anna, 359n

  Slavs, 7, 63, 112

  Slipenkyi, Danylo, 166–67

  Slovakia, xi, 123, 160

  Slupski, Kazimierz, 364n

  Slyuzbar, Roman, 108

  Sobków, Michał, 270–72

  social Darwinism, 28

  Social General Strike, The (Nacht), 33

  socialists, socialism, 30–33

  anti–Semitism and, 32, 100

  in Buczacz, 30–31, 143

  and Jewish immigration to Palestine, 84

  Poland and, 30, 32, 140–41

  Sokil, 110–11, 122

  Sokół (Falcon), 43, 43, 50, 141, 222, 349n

  Sokolecki brothers, 354n

  Sommer, Abraham, 99–101, 172, 326n

  Soroki, 112

  Soviet Extraordinary Commission, 232

  Soviets, Soviet Union, xi, 2, 126–27, 165, 266–69, 271–82, 296–97, 335n

  anti–Semitism of, 24, 131, 133, 152, 154

  arrests by, 131–32, 135, 138–39, 145, 147, 149–50, 286, 338n, 341n–42n

  and atrocities in Galicia, 79, 268–69

  Buczacz invaded and occupied by, 73–74, 82, 84, 88, 130–36, 138–42, 144–45, 147–51, 153, 155, 157, 160, 230, 271, 277–79, 286–88, 291–94, 297, 337n–38n, 363n

  Buczacz withdrawals of, 62, 63, 244, 281, 365n

  and civil war between Poles and Ukrainians, 268–69, 272–74

  deportations and, 133, 138, 140, 145–54, 157, 269, 271, 273–74, 280, 285–87, 297, 338n

  education and, 141–44, 149–50

  elections and, 144–46, 337n–38n

  Jewish immigration to, 174, 326n, 340n–41n

  Jews accused of parasitism by, 179

  Nazi crimes investigated by, 275–77, 276, 284, 349n

  and Nazi invasion of Poland, 126

  and Nazi invasions and occupations of Buczacz, 160–63, 167, 179

  Poland invaded and occupied by, 73, 88, 130–57, 160, 230, 234, 240, 242, 244, 250, 253–54, 259–60, 262, 271–73, 275, 277–78, 280, 284–88, 290–94, 297, 336n–38n, 340n–42n, 361n–63n, 366n, 368n

  Polish border with, 75, 112–13

  press and, 129

  prisoners executed by, 150

  propaganda of, 139–42, 144

  relations between Nazis and, 124, 130, 139

  and relations between Poles and Ukrainians, 75, 112

  repatriating Poles and, 287

  resistance and, 255, 260, 282

  struggle between Nazis and, 158, 267–68

  Ukrainian ins
urgency and, 267, 269, 271, 284–87, 290

  violence against, 232, 276, 285

  and violence against Jews, 152, 164, 230, 250, 276–77

  and violence against Ukrainians, 286, 291, 297

  World War II and, 148, 174

  see also Bolsheviks

  Spanish Civil War, 89–90

  Spencer, Herbert, 32

  Spielberg, Edzia, 247–50

  Stalin, Joseph, 124, 141, 327n, 368n

  education and, 143

  and interethnic violence in Galicia, 126–27

  and Soviet occupation and rule in Poland, 130, 133, 139–40, 142–44

  Stalin Club, 141

  Stanisławów, 30–31, 57, 70, 75, 102–3, 130

  State Justice Administration for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes, 230

  Steffi, 225

  Steiger, Adam, 204–5

  Steiger, Rudolf, 236–38

  Stein, 218

  Stern, Bernard, 26, 41

  refugee issues and, 63

  and Russian occupations of Buczacz, 55–56

  Stern, Dawid Aba, 353n

  Strypa River, Strypa Valley, 6–7, 11–13, 71–72, 95, 220, 222, 249, 259, 279, 291, 305n–6n

  Jewish houses along, 217

  and Jewish privileges in Buczacz, 13

  World War I and, 37, 43–44, 45, 50, 58–59, 62

  Sudetenland, 123

  Sukkot, 137

  Sukowski, Kazimierz, 337n

  Świerszczak, Marjan, 254, 361n

  Świerszczak, Maryna, 254

  Synenka, Oresta, 265, 293–94

  Synenkyi, Ivan, 294–95

  Szajter, Jan, 91, 93, 139

  Szajter, Roman, 93

  Szczecin, 283

  Szczipaniak, Dr., 211

  Szczyrba, Mikołaj, 281–82

  Szechner, Jakub, 152

  Szeptyłycz, 49–50

  Szimer, Izrael, 2, 3, 4, 323n–24n

  Szimer, Rina, xv, 1, 1, 324n

  Szpigiel, Mojżesz, 260–62

  Sztankowska, Antosia, 246

  Szwarc, Fiszel, 175–76

  Szwarc, Izaak, 170–71, 346n–47n

  Szydłowski, Leon, 146

  Szymula, Stefan, 131, 145–46

  Tabak, Renia, 239–40

  Tabak, Sala, 240

  Talmud Torah Association, Talmud Torah School, 88, 99–100, 326n

  Tarbut School, 97, 98

  Tarnopol, 17–18, 46, 75, 83, 103, 136, 193, 221, 332n–33n, 339n

  anti–Semitism in, 121

  deportations and, 147, 341n, 367n–68n

  Nazi invasions and occupations of, 164

  politics and, 101–2, 117

  population of, 330n, 367n

  relations between Roman and Greek Catholics in, 118

  repatriating Poles and, 287, 368n

  Sipo in, 164, 181, 214

  Soviet occupation and rule in, 142

  and transportation in Buczacz, 143

  Ukrainian insurgency in, 284–86

  Ukrainian nationalism and, 122

  and violence against Jews, 181

 

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