Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Note on Terminology xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter One. The Caucasus: A Rock in the Grinding Wheels of World History 25
9. Chapter Two Dwelling at the Foot of a Volcano? Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust in the North Caucasus 48
10. Chapter Three “Operation Blue,” Einsatzgruppe D, and the Genocide in the Caucasus 69
11. Chapter Four. The Kaukasier Kompanie (“Caucasian Company”): Soviet Ethnic Minorities, Collaborators, and Mass Killers 95
12. Chapter Five. Mass Executions in Krasnodar Krai: Cross-Checking Sources for the Holocaust in the North Caucasus 118
13. Chapter Six. In the Shadow of “Mass Treason”: The Holocaust in the Karachai Region 145
14. Chapter Seven. Rescue and Jewish-Muslim Relations in the North Caucasus 184
15. Chapter Eight “We Were Saved Because the Occupation Lasted Only Six Months”: (Self-)Reflection on Survival Strategies during the Holocaust in the North Caucasus 218
16. Chapter Nine.and Official Memorialization of the Holocaust in Rostov-on-Don 241
17. Glossary 263
18. Bibliography 265
19. Contributors 293
20. Index 295