'On the Margins of the Holocaust: Non-Jewish Victims of the Nazis in the Baltic: Roma, Individuals with Disabilities, Soviet POWs

• In Event: History and Memory of the Holocaust in the Baltic States

Abstract

This paper aims to break down historical compartmentalization by incorporating non-Jewish victim groups in the history of the Nazi genocide as it unfolded in the German-occupied Baltic States. The combined death toll of 252,000 to 261,000 Jews; 239,000 to 243,000 Soviet POWs; 3,358 to 3,659 Roma; and 3,155 to 4,106 individuals with mental disabilities underscores the vast scale of destruction in the Baltics. Taking a comparative perspective, among other things, allows for a reevaluation of the dynamics of local collaboration in the mass murder of groups specifically targeted by the Nazis.

Author

• Anton Weiss-Wendt, Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (Norway)