ISBN:
9780893575113
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 114 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
New approaches to Russian and East European Jewish culture 7
Uniform Title:
Ḳapiṭl Uḳraine
DDC:
947.708/4092
Keywords:
Gumener, Eli Travel
;
Jews
;
Humanitarian aid workers Biography
;
Pogroms History
;
Jews Persecutions
;
Ukraine History Revolution, 1917-1921
;
Podillia (Ukraine) History 20th century
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Ukraine
;
Pogrom
;
Antisemitismus
;
Sowjetunion
;
Geschichte 1918-1920
Abstract:
"Eli Gumener's 1921 Yiddish memoir, A Ukrainian Chapter, is a rare historical source about relief work spanning the two most devastating years of the pogroms during the Russian Civil War. He concentrates on the collapse of Jewish communities in Podolia, a region in southwest Ukraine. Trained as a lawyer in St. Petersburg, Gumener (1886 - 1941) worked for the Committee to Aid Jewish Pogrom Victims, the Russian Red Cross, and the socialist party Fareynikte. Thus, he brings a unique perspective on the leaders, parties, and organizations struggling to respond to the suffering and dislocation that came with wild episodes of violence. This annotated translation serves as a roadmap for the reader by clarifying the memoir's institutional, intellectual, and cultural history within its social and political contexts. A Ukrainian Chapter is a contribution to the history of pogroms in a local region, through the day-to-day experiences of an aid worker "in the trenches.""--
Note:
Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite [105]-114
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