{"product_id":"the-holocaust-in-the-crimea-and-the-north-caucasus","title":"The Holocaust in the Crimea and the North Caucasus","description":"Feferman covers the life and destruction of the Jewish population in the region and describes in detail the relations between Jews and non-Jews before and during the war; the evacuation of Jews into these regions and out of them; the German occupation and the annihilation of the Ashkenazi Jewish population; the fate of non-Ashkenazi Jews in the area; Jewish responses; and reactions of local populations  including Cossacks  devout Orthodox Christians and Muslims. Objective factors  such as the availability of German manpower and food  weather and geographic conditions  in addition to subjective factors  such as the attitudes of Wehrmacht commanders  left their imprint on the implementation of the Final Solution policy in these areas. By the time the Germans occupied the Crimea in November 1941  it was absolutely clear to them that the Jews had to be eliminated. All the more so when they came to dominate the North Caucasus in the summer of 1942. Yet  the Nazi decision-makers were vexed by the need to clarify who was a Jew. The case of the Ashkenazi Jews was clear-cut  and their fate was similar to that of their brethren elsewhere in Europe. However  the Germans faced a formidable difficulty in categorizing the non-Ashkenazi Karaites and Krymchaks in the Crimea  and Mountain Jews in the North Caucasus  who  according to the Nazi world-view  shared some but not all racial and religious characteristics of Jews. Subsequently  German investigation involved a thorough pseudo-scientific analysis of racial and religious features by the Nazi academy  as well as SS researchers. Set against the background of the ongoing murder of Ashkenazi Jews in these regions and local politics with geo-political implications  this research title also focuses on the support  or lack thereof  lent to Karaites  Krymchaks and Mountain Jews by local Muslims. These interwoven histories cover a hitherto unexplored terrain in Holocaust history  and offer a fascinating window into the history of the Crimea and the North Caucasus and the fate of their Jewish inhabitants during World War II.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44915425902645,"sku":"ByrdShop_9653085050","price":43.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_9653085050.jpg?v=1768301418","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-holocaust-in-the-crimea-and-the-north-caucasus","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}