in leningrad, 12 million people were starved. they planned to kill the population of leningrad, destroy the city, and hand over the ruins to finland. the starvation of leningrad can be seen with the earlier planning. i then in the close of the book in three long chapters deal with the event which i think defines the bloodlands more than any other. the depth of these policies more starkly than the other, that's the holocaust. i divided it into three different chapters, although there are were overlaps. the first concerned ukraine. it presents the german policy of killing men, and murder of women and children and whole communities. in ukraine, we can see the escalation, and transition of the policy and what some said quickly in my opinion by 1941, although opinions vary on this becomes a policy of destroying all views. in a second chapter on belarus, i concentrate on the relationship between the holocaust, the jews, and german anti-partisan actions. belarus was the center of soviet activities. it was here more than anything elsewhe