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Popular Awareness and Ill Intent or Passivity of those in Power: Memory of the Holocaust in Russia and Ukraine in the 21st Century

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Sociological surveys have shown that the majority of the population of Russia
and Ukraine has a correct understanding of the nature of the Holocaust, or
Shoah. However, a section of the population does not understand this crime
against humanity; some believe that accounts of it are unjustifiably exaggerated.
At the same time, knowledge of similar or comparable crimes – the Gulag, the
Holodomor (or Great Famine) and the genocide of the Armenians – is lacking in
the population as a whole. The inhabitants of these two countries are sometimes
even less aware of these crimes than they are of the Shoah. Among Russians
and Ukrainians awareness of the major European 20th-century crimes against
humanity seems more considered, perhaps even more objective when compared
to people in the West. Nevertheless, among the population of the former Soviet
Union, there remains considerable scope for education in this field and there is
a special need to improve living standards and the quality of life.

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5

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281-295

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Link to pdf of entire issue, Remembrance and Solidarity Studies in 20th Century European History. Issue number 5. Holocaust/Shoah

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Gogun, Alexander Popular Awareness and Ill Intent or Passivity of those in Power: Memory of the Holocaust in Russia and Ukraine in the 21st Century. Remembrance and Solidarity Studies in 20th Century European History. 2016: 281-295.  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-1225