The Schalkowsky, Samuel editor, translator. Kassow, Samuel D. author of added text. text bibliography Electronic books. inu 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (414 pages) : illustrations "As a force that had to serve two masters, both the Jewish population of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania and its German occupiers, the Kovno Jewish ghetto police walked a fine line between helping Jews survive and meeting Nazi orders. In 1942 and 1943 some of its members secretly composed this history and buried it in tin boxes. The book offers a rare glimpse into the complex situation faced by the ghetto leadership and the Jewish policemen, caught between carrying out the demands of the Germans and mollifying the anger and frustration of their own people. It details the creation and organization of the ghetto, the violent German attacks on the population in the summer of 1941, the periodic selections of Jews to be deported and killed, the labor required of the surviving Jewish population, and the efforts of the police to provide a semblance of stability. The secret history tells a dramatic and complicated story, defending the actions of the police force on one page and berating its leadership on the next. A substantial introduction by distinguished historian Samuel D. Kassow places this powerful work within the context of the history of the Kovno Jewish community and its experience and fate at the hands of the Nazis"--Provided by the publisher. by anonymous members of the Kovno Jewish ghetto police ; translated and edited by Samuel Schalkowsky ; Introduction by Samuel D. Kassow. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-li--- Jews Persecutions Lithuania Kaunas Jews Lithuania Kaunas History 20th century Jewish police officers Lithuania Kaunas History 20th century Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Lithuania Kaunas Kaunas (Lithuania) Ethnic relations Lithuania History German occupation, 1941-1944 DS135.L52 K3829 2014eb 940.53/184793 Bloomington : Indiana University Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., [2014] (DLC)10847980 9780253012975 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10847980 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10847980 CaPaEBR 131024 ebr10847980 eng