Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz [Reprint edition | Retail] 1451684541, 978-1451684544

“A substantive contribution to the history of ethnic strife and extreme violence” (The Wall Street Journal) and a cautio

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English Pages 417 Year 23 Jan 2018

Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz [Reprint edition | Retail]
1451684541, 978-1451684544

Commentary
"Combines a long historical perspective with an intimate reconstruction of who the perpetrators and victims of the Holocaust had been. A local history opening our understanding of the phenomenon at large. A brilliant book by a master historian." — Jan T. Gross, author of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland

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