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Book Reviews Introduction
Over
the years, we have written several reviews and critiques of books that
are scattered in various locations in WillZuzak.ca . We have decided to
centralize access to these documents via a Book
Reviews link under Issues in the right-hand-column of
WiZeus. There are two recent additions:
The Holodomor Reader is a compilation by Bohdan Klid and Alexander
Motyl of a vast amount of material dealing with the Holodomor. Our
summary ecapsulates the contents of this book.
Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine by Wendy Lower
(2005) documents the German
occupation in
the Zhytomyr-Vinnytsia area in Ukraine during WWII from 1941 to 1944.
Ms. Lower's research clearly indicates that the intent of Hitler's drang nach Osten (drive to the East) was to provide lebensraum
(living space) for the expanding German empire by colonizing Ukraine at
the expense of the indigenous population. Both the intent and actions
of the German occupying forces was genocidal in nature. Our summary
highlights this aspect of the book and concentrates on the partisan
movement -- the Ukrainian nationalist UPA versus the Soviet Red
partisans directed by Stalin.
Will Zuzak; 2013.09.01