Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Leonidas Donskis -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Lithuanian Historical Background -- Jews in Lithuania -- Jews and socialism -- Lithuanian independence -- Sovietization -- German occupation -- Chapter 2: Origins of Anti-Semitism -- Anti-Semitism in Lithuania -- Chapter 3: Jewish Life in Lithuania between World Wars -- Anti-Semitism on the rise -- Judeo-Bolshevism -- Soviet repressions -- The role of the LAF -- Chapter 4: The Holocaust in Lithuania -- Mass executions -- Events in Kaunas -- Ghettoization -- Jewish resistance -- Final liquidation -- Lithuanian support to Jews -- Chapter 5: Issues of Compliance and Collaboration -- Compliance: the Dutch example -- Explanatory factors -- Compliance in Lithuania -- Victim and perpetrator? The Judenräte -- Jacob Gens -- Chapter 6: The Human Dimension -- Who participated? -- Who were the Lithuanian collaborators? -- After the war -- Chapter 7: Why Did it Happen? -- Chapter 8: From Black and White to Shades of Grey -- Lithuania -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

"This is a most honest, balanced and tactful attempt to promote self-reflection and self-understanding in two nations involved in a brutal genocide. If you are a Lithuanian or a Jew, after reading this book you have no other choice but to redefine your personal identity in order to answer the questions: What does it mean to be a Lithuanian? What does it mean to be a Lithuanian Jew? I thought I knew the answers, but I was wrong."Levas Kovarskis, psychoanalyst"As Lithuanians, we need to face the deep and painful reflections of the events highlighted in this remarkable book. A great deal of work is needed on both sides to restore trust between Jews and Lithuanians and, for those not afraid to do so, reading this book is a very good first step."Danius Puras, psychiatrist"Despite the multitude of available works on the Holocaust, this admirably concise, yet detailed, volume will be an eye-opener for many - probably most - of its readers. Particularly valuable is its comparative (not contrastive) survey of the behavior of many in Lithuania and The Netherlands during and after the Second World War. In no sense is this book 'anti-Lithuanian', for, as the author well realizes, it was not only the Jews in that country who suffered terribly under Nazi and Soviet occupation. This monograph deserves a very wide readership, especially in Lithuania."Martin Dewhirst, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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