Bystanders, Collaboration, and Complicity

doi:10.1017/9781108990158.006

3 - Bystanders, Collaboration, and Complicity

from Part I - Structures, Players, and Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2025

Christina Morina

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Mary Fulbrook and

Jürgen Matthäus

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Mary Fulbrook: Affiliation:
University College London
Jürgen Matthäus: Affiliation:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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This chapter critically reflects on the “bystander” category, and the fluidity and diversity of “collaboration” depending on perspective (also postwar); points out differences in occupation regimes East/West, North/South, and early/late and their impact on level of violence; and outlines pre-occupation interests that impact local (group/societal) behavior after the arrival of the Germans and outlive their retreat.

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bystander complicity violence

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 72 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990158.006 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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