First-Person Accounts of Genocidal Acts Committed in the Twentieth Century An Annotated Bibliography

Subjects:

• History » World History (General)

Awards:

• ALA/RASD History Section, Best Bibliographies in History, 1993

Reviews:

• Expanding on this chapter "First-Person Accounts of Genocidal Acts," in volume 2 of Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review, ed. by Israel Charny (1991). Totten has compiled this book-length bibliography, which covers first-person accounts of genocidal acts in this century, excluding the view of the perpetrator. However, it is not just another Holocaust bibliography. The excellent descriptive annotations, the specialized focus on first-person accounts (including an insightful introductory essay on the uses and limitations of such material), the comprehensive coverage within this focus, the unusually wide scope of genocides included (e.g., against Armenians, Ukrainians, Cambodians), and the helpful author and subject indexes, all combine to create a unique bibliography of considerable value. It complements bibliographies of narrower scope (fewer genocides) but wider focus (more types of material), such as Abraham and Hershel Edelheit's Bibliography on Holocaust Literature, and its supplement, or Gabrielle Tyrnauer's Gypsies and the Holocaust: A Bibliography and Introduction Essay(1989). Suitable for academic and large public libraries, and for specialized collections on human rights, minorities, and 20th-century history.
  —Choice
• As a reference book, this bibliography is well-constructed and user-friendly. This bibliography will be of great significance to libraries for collection development and to scholars studying comparative genocides, the psychology of survivors and other individuals who witnessed the horrors inflicted upon the targeted people.
  —INTERNET
• The commentary and annotations provide valuable context and explanation for the list of resources.
  —ARBA
• This excellent bibliography belongs in academic libraries and in any library with strong collections on human rights, ethnic groups, or modern history.
  —RQ

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Scope of the Work
• General Information Vis-a-Vis First Person Accounts
• German Extermination of the Hereros
• The Ottoman Genocide of the Armenians
• Soviet Artificially-Induced Famine in Ukraine
• The Soviet's "Great Purge"
• Soviet Deportation of Whole Nations
• Holocaust (1939-1945)
• Fate of the Gypsies During the Holocaust Years
• Indonesian Genocide of Communists and Suspected Communists
• Ugandan Genocides Under Idi Amin and Milton Obote
• Pakistani Genocide in Bangladesh
• Burundi Genocide of the Hutus
• Indonesian Genocide in East Timor
• The Khmer Rouge Genocide in Cambodia
• The Threatened Genocide of the Baha'is
• Genocide of Various Indigenous Peoples
• Subject Index
• Author Index