The Beginning of the German-Soviet War and the Fates of the Civilians

The next publication in the “Post-Conference” series depicts the situation and behaviour of various national groups in the first weeks of the German-Soviet war, the behaviour of the Soviet authorities, of the withdrawing Red Army and of the attacking German soldiers vis-à-vis the civilians.

The authors concentrated on the area of the pre-war Białostockie voivodship that is particularly diversified in ethnic terms. Due to the papers of the historians from the neighbouring states that have been included in the publication, one can compare phenomena existing at the same time in the Białostockie region, in Belarus (Polesie) and in Lithuania, as well as the bahaviour of Poles. Lithuanians, Belarussians and Jews towards their neighbours.