Jews in the Red Army

Front and Civilian Rear Correspondence, 1941–1945
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-143799-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 580 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 949 g

Reihe: Rethinking Diaspora

This monograph deals with the contribution of Soviet Jews, soldiers and commanders in the Red Army, to the victory over Nazi Germany as reflected through the private correspondence between the front and the civilian rear. The basis for the research is the author's unique collection of personal items (letters, diaries, documents, and photographs) of Jews who served in the Red Army and members of their families. This collection was supplemented by archival documents and information obtained from academic and popular publications, periodicals, and memoirs of the participants in the war and their families.
The book elucidates a wide spectrum of topics related to the work of the military field post. The topics encompass not only battles but also everyday military life, soldiers' personal lives, relations between men and women, the work of the military censorship, letters of Soviet soldiers and officers in Yiddish, and Soviet Jews’ correspondence with foreign entities.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in the field of Jewish history, Jewish studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smilovitsky, Leonid

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hoffman, Stefani

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Leonid Smilovitsky , Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Leonid Smilovitsky , Tel Aviv University, Israel.