Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin

An essay on the genocides commanded by Hitler and Stalin of more than 14 million people between the 1930s and 1940s. Snyder describes countries such as Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic states, and parts of Russia as the "bloodlands," areas with large concentrations of Jews who suffered most from the mass murders promoted by the policies of Nazism and Stalinism, which, although on opposing sides during World War II, promoted the largest ethnic bloodbath in history. "Snyder punctuates his comprehensive and eloquent approach with brief accounts of victims and witnesses." The New York Times Book Review "The book explains, fairly and illuminatingly, how the genocide happened. Just don't read it before bed." The Economist