Focusing on Belarus, an East European borderland and Soviet republic that was particularly affected by the Second World War, the book investigates the choices that the local population made (and was forced to make) under Nazi occupation, and examines their political, social, leg…
Introduction: truth, guilt, and justice in an illiberal state -- Contested space: an East European borderland before 1941 -- At the heart of darkness: wartime choices, 1941-1944 -- Post-1944: the moment of return -- Determining guilt: the Soviet politics of retribution -- Loss, …
"How do states and societies confront the legacies of war and occupation, and what do truth, guilt, and justice mean in that process? In Ghosts of War, Franziska Exeler examines people's wartime choices and their aftermath in Belarus, a war-ravaged Soviet republic that was under…
"Focusing on Belarus, an East European borderland and Soviet republic that was particularly affected by the Second World War, the book investigates the choices that the local population made (and was forced to make) under Nazi occupation, and examines their political, social, le…