Friedla / Nesselrodt Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959)

History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-751-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten

Reihe: Jews of Poland

The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population who fled to the interior of the Soviet Union managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust. This collection of original essays tells the story of more than 200,000 Polish Jews and offers new insights into their experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedla, Katharina

Nesselrodt, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsNote on Translations, Transliterations, and Place NamesAntony Polonsky
ForewordKatharina Friedla / Markus Nesselrodt
IntroductionPart One: HistoryMarkus Nesselrodt
Who, When, and Why? Escaping German Occupation in 1939 versus 1941Eliyana Adler
Children in Exile: Wartime Journeys of Polish Jewish YouthAlbert Kaganovitch
Together and Apart. Poles and Polish Jews in the War-Torn Soviet UnionKatharina Friedla
“I’m rushing with millions of others to the battlefield”—Jewish Soldiers in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, 1943–1946Wojciech Marciniak
Repatriation of Polish Catholics and Jews from Distant Parts of the Soviet Union in Polish-Soviet Relations (1944–1947)Serafima Velkovich
Polish Citizenship as a Way to Freedom: How Soviet Jews Escaped the USSR Using Polish DocumentsMiriam Schulz
The Deepest Self Denies the Face: Polish Jewish Intellectuals and the Birth of the “Soviet Marrano”Gennady Estraikh
Hersh Smolar: A Polish Personage in the Soviet Jewish Cultural Scene, 1940s–1960sPart Two: Memory Natalie Belsky
Contested Memories: Soviet and Polish Jewish Refugees and Evacuees Recount Their Experience on the Soviet Home FrontJohn Goldlust
Neither “Victims” nor “Survivors”: Polish Jews Reflect on Their Wartime Experiences in the Soviet Union During the Second World WarLidia Zessin-Jurek
A Matzeva Amid Crosses: Jewish Exiles in the Polish Memory of SiberiaPrzemyslawKaniecki and Renata Piatkowska
Before, During, and After: The Objects and Archival Material in the POLIN MuseumMark Edele
EpilogueBibliography
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Index of Places
Index of Names

Über Autor(innen)

Friedla Katharina:
Katharina Friedla is a historian specializing in East European and Jewish history, with a major focus on nationalism and identity politics, culture, state ideology, and forced migrations.Nesselrodt Markus:
Markus Nesselrodt is a historian of East European history and specializes in Polish history, history of migration, and urban history.Katharina Friedla is a historian specializing in East European and Jewish history, with a major focus on nationalism and identity politics, culture, state ideology, and forced migrations.Markus Nesselrodt is a historian of East European history and specializes in Polish history, history of migration, and urban history.