Assoc. Prof. Roman Shliakhtych
Email: shliakhtych_rp@kneu.dp.ua
Affiliation: Department of Social-Humanitarian Science, State University of Economic and Technology, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Research Interests: The Social History of the Holocaust; Studies of Perpetrators; Oral History
Prof. Roman Mykhalchuk
Email: r.mykhalchuk@ukr.net
Affiliation: Department of History and Teaching Methods, Rivne State University of Humanities, Rivne, Ukraine
Research Interests: The Social History of the Holocaust, genocides, oral and gender history of the Holocaust
The Social History of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe: Remembering the Genocide
One of the approaches in contemporary Holocaust historiography is social history. This approach involves studying the genocide of the Jewish population from the perspective of the various social groups involved in these events. During World War II, the implementation of the Holocaust policy in Central and Eastern Europe had its own distinct features and differences, which are best illustrated through the fates of individual people and communities. And so, in this issue, we invite you to examine the genocide of the Jewish population not only from the perspective of official sources but from the ground up—through the testimonies of eyewitnesses and survivors, through the accounts of perpetrators and rescuers, and through the collective memory of these events that persists today in the societies of the countries in this region.
The aim of this issue is to examine the Holocaust through the lens of human relationships, as well as from the perspective of historical memory of these events in Central and Eastern Europe.
We suggest the following topics for consideration (though we are not limited to them):
1. The Evolution of Social Roles During the Holocaust
2. The Holocaust Through the Lens of Personal Stories
3. Survival Strategies of the Jewish Population During the Holocaust
4. Perpetrators: A Social Portrait and Behavioral Patterns
5. Analysis of the Behavioral Patterns of Bystanders During the Holocaust
6. The role of various social groups and individuals in the implementation of the Holocaust policy through the lens of historical memory.
victims, perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers, behaviour patterns, oral history, politics of memory
