Ambiguous Tests of Loyalty: Franziska Exeler about the Second World War and its Long Shadow in Belarus

Update: 2022-09-21

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In this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Franziska Exeler – author of the new monograph Ghosts of War: Nazi Occupation and Its Aftermath in Soviet Belarus – discusses the extremely violent history of Belarus during the Second World War; analyses the various choices people made under the dire constrains of the Nazi German occupation and the challenges of drawing on Soviet sources to analyze those choices; zooms in on the issue of Soviet retribution and its ambiguities; and reflects on how the partisan experience and narrative has continued to shape the country.

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Ambiguous Tests of Loyalty: Franziska Exeler about the Second World War and its Long Shadow in Belarus

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Ambiguous Tests of Loyalty: Franziska Exeler about the Second World War and its Long Shadow in Belarus