Pogrom: The Origins of the European Genocide of the Jews, 1917-1921

FAIN: FZ-256488-17

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382)

Research leading to publication of a monograph on the origins of the Holocaust.

Pogrom: The Origins of the European Genocide of the Jews is a study of how the anti-Jewish pogroms of 1917-1921 created the preconditions for the Holocaust. Based on extensive archival research in five different languages, the book provides in-depth analysis of six of the two thousand pogroms that took place during the Russian Civil War, and traces the aftermath of the violence both locally and internationally. The book is under contract with Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt and Company, which has negotiated for five international editions in addition to the US edition.

Media Coverage

"How the Forgotten 1919-21 Pogroms Established the Systematic Murders that Led to the Holocaust" (Review)
Author(s): Patrick Bishop
Publication: The Telegraph
Date: 12/5/2053
Abstract: Review of In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/forgotten-1919-21-pogroms-established-systematic-murders-led/

"The Pogroms that Put Jews on the Path to the Holocaust" (Review)
Author(s): David Aaronovitch
Publication: The Times (London)
Date: 11/20/2021
Abstract: Review of In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
URL: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/in-the-midst-of-civilized-europe-by-jeffrey-veidlinger-review-q0ldj0rbb

A Vital History (Review)
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Publication: Kirkus Reviews
Date: 10/15/2021
Abstract: Review of In the Midst of Civilized Europe
URL: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeffrey-veidlinger/in-the-midst-of-civilized-europe/

In the Midst of Civilized Europe (Review)
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Publication: Publishers Weekly
Date: 8/13/2021
URL: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250116-25-3

Associated Products

In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust (Book)
Title: In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
Author: Jeffrey Veidlinger
Abstract: Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. In hundreds of separate incidents, ordinary people robbed their Jewish neighbors with impunity, burned down their houses, ripped apart their Torah scrolls, sexually assaulted them, and killed them. Largely forgotten today, these pogroms―ethnic riots―dominated headlines and international affairs in their time. Aid workers warned that six million Jews were in danger of complete extermination. Twenty years later, these dire predictions would come true. Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records, and official orders, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal violence created the conditions for the Holocaust. Through stories of survivors, perpetrators, aid workers, and governmental officials, he explains how so many different groups of people came to the same conclusion: that killing Jews was an acceptable response to their various problems. In riveting prose, In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250116253/inthemidstofcivilizedeurope
Primary URL Description: In the Midst of Civilized Europe, Macmillan Books
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 978-1250116253
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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