Anton Weiss-Wendt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anton Weiss-Wendt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anton |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiss-Wendt |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS-WENDT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4891-711X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Scandinavian Countries and the UN Genocide Convention, 1946–58: Constructive Pragmatism of the “Lesser” Democracies
This article examines the position that three Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Norway, and Denmark – had assumed on the newly proposed crime of genocide and an international convention that addressed it. While the Great Powers’ politics vis-à-vis the draft Genocide Convention have been examined in detail, points of contestation and major concerns of so-called lesser democracies remain largely unexplored. Within the context of the UN Genocide Conv…
Genocide of the Soviet People”: Putin’s Russia Waging Lawfare by Means of History, 2018–2023
This article exposes the political underpinnings of the term “genocide of the Soviet people,” introduced and actively promoted in Russia since 2019. By reclassifying mass crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population—specifically Slavic—as genocide, Russian courts effectively engage in adjudication of the history of the Second World War. In the process, genocide trials, ongoing in twenty-five Russian province…
Who were the Roma victims of the Nazis? A case study of Estonia
This article documents the mass murder of the Roma community in Nazi-occupied Estonia. Using the statistical data assembled by the police, it paints a collective picture of the minority destroyed
When the End Justifies the Means: Raphaël Lemkin and the Shaping of a Popular Discourse on Genocide
A Rhetorical Crime: Genocide in the Geopolitical Discourse of the Cold War
The Nazi Genocide of the Roma: Reassessment and Commemoration
Nazi Genocide of the Roma: Reassessment and Commemoration
The Nazi Genocide of the Roma
Using the framework of genocide, this volume analyzes the patterns of persecution of the Roma in Nazi-dominated Europe. Detailed case studies of France, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia generate a critical mass of evidence that indicates criminal intent on the part of the Nazi regime to destroy the Roma as a distinct group. Other chapters examine the failure of the West German State to deliver justice, the Romani collective memory o…
Historiography of Genocide
Thanks to the Germans! Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia
The article explores the context of the Estonian law on cultural autonomy from February 1925. It argues that the Jewish minority was an unintended beneficiary of the concession granted by the Estonian government to the Baltic Germans whose land ownership had been previously revoked. Unlike the ethnic Germans, who considered cultural autonomy a tactical retreat, the Jews took full advantage of the opportunity to strengthen communal bonds. Cultural…
Why the Holocaust Does Not Matter to Estonians
Keywords: EstoniaJewish minorityanti-Semitismwar crimes investigationHolocaust denialfreedom of expression Notes Notes 1. The facts are derived from my forthcoming book, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust (Syracuse University Press). 2. Eight Jews were deported to Estonia from Finland in November 1942, but none of these held Finnish citizenship. Upon arrival, all of them were executed. 3. Männil was one of several deserters from t…
Hostage of politics: Raphael Lemkin on “Soviet genocide
This article summarizes Raphael Lemkin’s views on Stalinist terror. To follow Lemkin’s train of thought, I consider the evidence he had, the importance he attached to it, and the ends to which he used that evidence. I argue that the discussion of the ethnic deportations in the Soviet Union was part and parcel of the evolving Cold War. Raphael Lemkin resorted to anticommunism to convince the US administration to ratify the Genocide Convention, whi…
Extermination of the Gypsies in Estonia during World War II- Popular Images and Official Policies
A discussion of Nazi anti-Gypsy policy in Estonia needs to center on local interpretation and implementation of RSHA and RKO orders. Contradictions between various German instructions, which often discriminated among sedentary and itinerating Gypsies, created a state of confusion that increased chances for survival. Since in Estonia Sonderkommando 1a of the German Security Police exercised oversight rather than itself carrying out atrocities, the…
Thanks to the Germans! Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia
The article explores the context of the Estonian law on cultural autonomy from February 1925. It argues that the Jewish minority was an unintended beneficiary of the concession granted by the Estonian government to the Baltic Germans whose land ownership had been previously revoked. Unlike the ethnic Germans, who considered cultural autonomy a tactical retreat, the Jews took full advantage of the opportunity to strengthen communal bonds. Cultural…
Why the Holocaust Does Not Matter to Estonians
Keywords: EstoniaJewish minorityanti-Semitismwar crimes investigationHolocaust denialfreedom of expression Notes Notes 1. The facts are derived from my forthcoming book, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust (Syracuse University Press). 2. Eight Jews were deported to Estonia from Finland in November 1942, but none of these held Finnish citizenship. Upon arrival, all of them were executed. 3. Männil was one of several deserters from t…
Extermination of the Gypsies in Estonia during World War II- Popular Images and Official Policies
A discussion of Nazi anti-Gypsy policy in Estonia needs to center on local interpretation and implementation of RSHA and RKO orders. Contradictions between various German instructions, which often discriminated among sedentary and itinerating Gypsies, created a state of confusion that increased chances for survival. Since in Estonia Sonderkommando 1a of the German Security Police exercised oversight rather than itself carrying out atrocities, the…
Hostage of politics: Raphael Lemkin on “Soviet genocide
This article summarizes Raphael Lemkin’s views on Stalinist terror. To follow Lemkin’s train of thought, I consider the evidence he had, the importance he attached to it, and the ends to which he used that evidence. I argue that the discussion of the ethnic deportations in the Soviet Union was part and parcel of the evolving Cold War. Raphael Lemkin resorted to anticommunism to convince the US administration to ratify the Genocide Convention, whi…
Who were the Roma victims of the Nazis? A case study of Estonia
This article documents the mass murder of the Roma community in Nazi-occupied Estonia. Using the statistical data assembled by the police, it paints a collective picture of the minority destroyed
When the End Justifies the Means: Raphaël Lemkin and the Shaping of a Popular Discourse on Genocide
Extermination of the Gypsies in Estonia during World War II- Popular Images and Official Policies
A discussion of Nazi anti-Gypsy policy in Estonia needs to center on local interpretation and implementation of RSHA and RKO orders. Contradictions between various German instructions, which often discriminated among sedentary and itinerating Gypsies, created a state of confusion that increased chances for survival. Since in Estonia Sonderkommando 1a of the German Security Police exercised oversight rather than itself carrying out atrocities, the…
Hostage of politics: Raphael Lemkin on “Soviet genocide
This article summarizes Raphael Lemkin’s views on Stalinist terror. To follow Lemkin’s train of thought, I consider the evidence he had, the importance he attached to it, and the ends to which he used that evidence. I argue that the discussion of the ethnic deportations in the Soviet Union was part and parcel of the evolving Cold War. Raphael Lemkin resorted to anticommunism to convince the US administration to ratify the Genocide Convention, whi…
Historiography of Genocide
Thanks to the Germans! Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia
The article explores the context of the Estonian law on cultural autonomy from February 1925. It argues that the Jewish minority was an unintended beneficiary of the concession granted by the Estonian government to the Baltic Germans whose land ownership had been previously revoked. Unlike the ethnic Germans, who considered cultural autonomy a tactical retreat, the Jews took full advantage of the opportunity to strengthen communal bonds. Cultural…
Why the Holocaust Does Not Matter to Estonians
Keywords: EstoniaJewish minorityanti-Semitismwar crimes investigationHolocaust denialfreedom of expression Notes Notes 1. The facts are derived from my forthcoming book, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust (Syracuse University Press). 2. Eight Jews were deported to Estonia from Finland in November 1942, but none of these held Finnish citizenship. Upon arrival, all of them were executed. 3. Männil was one of several deserters from t…
The Nazi Genocide of the Roma: Reassessment and Commemoration
Nazi Genocide of the Roma: Reassessment and Commemoration
The Nazi Genocide of the Roma
Using the framework of genocide, this volume analyzes the patterns of persecution of the Roma in Nazi-dominated Europe. Detailed case studies of France, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia generate a critical mass of evidence that indicates criminal intent on the part of the Nazi regime to destroy the Roma as a distinct group. Other chapters examine the failure of the West German State to deliver justice, the Romani collective memory o…
A Rhetorical Crime: Genocide in the Geopolitical Discourse of the Cold War
When the End Justifies the Means: Raphaël Lemkin and the Shaping of a Popular Discourse on Genocide
Who were the Roma victims of the Nazis? A case study of Estonia
This article documents the mass murder of the Roma community in Nazi-occupied Estonia. Using the statistical data assembled by the police, it paints a collective picture of the minority destroyed
Genocide of the Soviet People”: Putin’s Russia Waging Lawfare by Means of History, 2018–2023
This article exposes the political underpinnings of the term “genocide of the Soviet people,” introduced and actively promoted in Russia since 2019. By reclassifying mass crimes committed by the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population—specifically Slavic—as genocide, Russian courts effectively engage in adjudication of the history of the Second World War. In the process, genocide trials, ongoing in twenty-five Russian province…
The Scandinavian Countries and the UN Genocide Convention, 1946–58: Constructive Pragmatism of the “Lesser” Democracies
This article examines the position that three Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Norway, and Denmark – had assumed on the newly proposed crime of genocide and an international convention that addressed it. While the Great Powers’ politics vis-à-vis the draft Genocide Convention have been examined in detail, points of contestation and major concerns of so-called lesser democracies remain largely unexplored. Within the context of the UN Genocide Conv…
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Genocide (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Nazism (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)