Dying Hungry: Nazi Ideology and the Pragmatism behind Starvation in Implementing the Final Solution
Dying Hungry: Nazi Ideology and the Pragmatism behind Starvation in Implementing the Final Solution
Author(s): Kiril FefermanSubject(s): Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at The University of Alberta
Keywords: food; malnutrition; starvation; Holocaust; war;
Summary/Abstract: German theories and policies regarding the relationship between food and Jewish citizens of eastern Europe served as an important foundation of the Nazis’ Judenpolitik during the Holocaust (1933-45). The mass starvation of Jews in German-dominated Europe was the result of a carefully calculated policy to make the Jews pay for a long list of misfortunes they had allegedly inflicted on the Germans. This policy evolved from a highly restrictive and discriminatory approach toward German Jews, which unfolded against a backdrop of harsh food policies applied to the local non-Jewish population.
Journal: East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (EWJUS)
- Issue Year: 8/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 33-42
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
