The Shoah in Ukraine: History, Testimony, Memorialization

Acknowledgments

Robert Moses Shapiro • ix Acknowledgments This volume originated in a Summer Research Workshop held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999. Since that initial gathering, the editors sought out additional contributors who were doing groundbreaking research on the Holocaust in Ukraine. During the years in which this book took shape, we received much help from numerous institutions, colleagues, friends, and family members. The editors would like to sincerely thank staff and scholars at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in particular Paul Shapiro, Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, and Robert Ehrenreich, Director of University Programs, who supported our proposal for the workshop. In the Center’s publications department we received valuable advice and encouragement from Benton Arnovitz and Aleisa Fishman. We appreciate the friendly and valuable assistance of the Museum’s librariansandarchivistsJudithCohen,CarolineWaddell,Michlean Amir, and Henry Mayer. Across the Atlantic, our search for maps and photos was aided by the generous support of Berit Pistora at the Bundesarchiv-Koblenz, Günter Scheidemann at the Political ArchiveoftheGermanForeignOffice,andNoaKatzatYadVashem. Peter Palm in Berlin created the maps for this volume. The editors wish to acknowledge Janet Rabinowitch, Director of Indiana University Press, for recognizing the importance of the research in this volume and facilitating its publication. An anonymousreviewerprovidedveryhelpfulcommentsonthemanuscript , allowing us to improve its presentation. The editorial staff and marketing staff at the Press are also owed a debt of gratitude, in particular Miki Bird, Anne Clemmer, Brian Herrmann, Daniel Pyle, and of course our copyeditor, Candace McNulty. Lastly the editors wish to thank the contributors to this book who patiently stuck with us in the extended editorial process. Their forbearance was only outdone by the continuous support of the editors’ partners and family, Andrea Böltken, Christof Mauch, and Ian and Alexander Mauch. Thank you for your patience and understanding . The Shoah in Ukraine ...