The Bugs Are Burning
The Role of Eastern Europeans
in the
Exploitation, Subjugation, and Murder
of their Jewish Neighbors During the Holocaust
by
Sheldon P.
Hersh and Robert Wolf
Contrary to popular belief, Germany was by no means the sole perpetrator
of the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.The introduction
of German anti-Jewish activities proved cathartic for many eastern
Europeans who quickly felt empowered to act upon their own anti-Jewish
inclinations without fear of reprimand or punishment. Many became
intoxicated with their imagined mastery over their helpless Jewish
neighbors, a formula certain to promote increased indecency and
an avenue by which to acquire Jewish possessions. Collusion came
in a variety of shapes and sizes. Much to the relief of thousands
of eastern Europeans, history has seen fit to focus much of its
attention on the primacy of German guilt relative to the Holocaust,
and often little, if any, on their own participation. Involvement
in the extermination of well over a million Jews by eastern European
collaborators demands more than a parenthetical glance. The
Bugs are Burning offers the reader a more detailed,
rigorous introduction to this most sordid chapter of Holocaust
history.
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