“Order Through Terror”: The Composition and Role of Punitive Detachments in Nazi Occupied Leningrad Province, 1941-1944.
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 30, 2014 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Drawing on evidence from Russian archives and the archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this paper examines the role of armed punitive detachments in maintaining order through mass violence and intimidation in areas under German military administration. It focuses on the ethnic composition of punitive detachments, the escalation of violence over the course of the war, and Soviet attempts to manipulate the memory of punitive violence in the postwar years.
Steven Maddox is Assistant Professor of History at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. His book, Saving Stalin’s Imperial City: Historic Preservation, Restoration, and Commemoration in Leningrad, 1930-1950, is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. His current project is a study of Leningrad Province under German military administration and the subsequent return of Soviet authority.
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