The Suwalki Triangle. A Window into the Genocidal Future
The Suwalki Triangle. A Window into the Genocidal Future
Author(s): Šarūnas LiekisSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Second World War; Holocaust; Suwalki; Suvalkai; Lithuania; Nazi Germany; Soviet Union; Wilno; Vilnius; Vilna;
Summary/Abstract: The events described in this article were part of the destruction of Poland as a national entity. The expulsion of the Jews from Suwalki triangle was part of the Nazi Germany’s plan to crush any will to resist and any possible opposition with utmost harshness and terror towards the local population. The events demonstrated that anti-Jewish policies started well before the mass extermination of the Jewish population. The people were expelled and discriminated, they starved and became victims of all kind of atrocities. The response of the Lithuanian government proved to be bureaucratically clumsy and inefficient, seeking justification for its own actions in formalities, and unable to foresee Nazi Germany’s further genocidal policies or solve responsibility issues.
Journal: Darbai ir dienos
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 67
- Page Range: 179-189
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
