Bethke, Svenja.

Dance on the Razor's Edge : Crime and Punishment in the Nazi Ghettos. by Svenja Bethke. Translated by Sharon Howe - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (304 pages) - German and European Studies ; 39 . - German and European Studies .

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names and Places -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Nazi Jewish Policy in Eastern Europe and the Perspective of the Jewish Councils -- 2 Jewish Council Proclamations: Definitions of Criminal Activity -- 3 The Jewish Police as an Executive Organ -- 4 The Ghetto Courts -- 5 The Ghetto Penal System -- 6 Ordinary Ghetto Residents and Their Relationship with Internal and External Authorities -- Conclusion: Criminality and Law between the Poles of External Power and Internal Autonomy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Exploring notions of justice and morality, this book offers a new interpretation of everyday life in the ghettos during the Second World War.

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