Features of the Holocaust in the South of Russia

The organization of mass murders during the Holocaust in Western and Eastern Europe differed from that in the South of the USSR. Firstly, many of the Jews were not local, they were evacuated at the beginning of the war. Secondly, there were some specific Jewish religious communities, like Mountain Jews; the occupants separated them from the rest of the Jews and treated them specifically. Thirdly, Nazis were limited in time and resources; which is why they did not organize ghettos and concentration, labor or death camps in the South of the USSR. In that context, the problem of this specific region represents a unique case in the history of the Holocaust. This study aims to explore the specific features of the Holocaust in these territories and will reveal if there were any changes in the relations between the Jews and non-Jewish population in the pre-occupation period as well as under the occupation.