Нацистская политика в отношении славян караимского вероисповедания в Крыму (1941–1944)
Journal: Ab imperio
Year: 2023

SUMMARY: The article focuses on the plight of Karaite Subbotniks during the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Subbotniks are known as non-Jewish followers of rabbinical Judaism, but since the late eighteenth century, a smaller community of Slavic followers of Karaism also developed. Karaites are an ancient community of Turkic speakers, mostly in Crimea, who rejected the Talmud and rabbinical teachings. The Nazis had a hard time figuring out their policy toward the Karaites, who did not fit the