Defining “war crimes against humanity” in the Soviet Union
Journal: Cahiers du monde russe
Year: 2011

AbstractThe mass arson of villages on occupied Soviet territory and the terrible plight of their inhabitants – who were executed, burnt alive or deported – has left a lasting impression on the minds of East Europeans, whereas the genocide of Jews in these same regions has been disregarded for decades. The contrast between the remembrance of Soviet Jewish and non-Jewish victims became particularly striking in the 1960s when the new Khatyn memorial monument near Minsk devoted to the memory of Biel