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Kai Struve on Violence against Jews: the Case of Lviv on July 1941

Lectures and Discussion Program "Jewish Days at the City Hall: Communities, Milieus and States in the 20th Century Contested Cities" Kai Struve "The German Attack on the Soviet Union and Violence against Jews: the Case of Lviv on July 1941" July 20, 2016 Among the questions of Ukrainian-Jewish relations during World War II, one of the most controversial is that of the pogrom in Lviv on 1 July 1941. While some deny the pogrom happened at all, there are publications which report and perhaps overstate the scale of violence and the number of victims. The lecture presents the results of a thorough examination of sources on anti-Jewish violence in Lviv on 1 July and the following days and weeks, and analyzes the roles and motifs of groups who participated in the violence: the German police and military, Ukrainian militia and local civilians. The lecture contextualizes the anti-Jewish violence in Lviv in the initial phase of the German-Soviet war as within the radicalization of the German persecution of Jews as well as Ukrainian attempts at state-building. The speaker also compares events in Lviv with violence at other localities in Western Ukraine and regions within the western Soviet Union. Organizer: Center for Urban History Supported by: Office for Culture of Lviv City Council "Hesed Arieh" All-Ukrainian Jewish Charity Fund More information: http://www.lvivcenter.org/en/chronicl...