Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959): History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival

Published by Academic Studies Press 2021

Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959)

History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival

Edited by: Katharina Friedla and Markus Nesselrodt

In the series Jews of Poland

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644697504

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Place Names Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Antony Polonsky Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Katharina Friedla and Markus Nesselrodt Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Part One—History
1 Who, When, and Why? Escaping German Occupation in 1939 versus 1941 Markus Nesselrodt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
2 Children in Exile: Wartime Journeys of Polish Jewish Youth Eliyana R Adler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3 Together and Apart: Poles and Polish Jews in the War-Torn Soviet Union Albert Kaganovitch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 “I’m rushing with millions of others to the battlefield”—Jewish Soldiers in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, 1943–1946 Katharina Friedla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
5 Repatriation of Polish Catholics and Jews from Distant Parts of the Soviet Union in Polish-Soviet Relations (1944–1947) Wojciech Marciniak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
6 Polish Citizenship as a Way to Freedom: How Soviet Jews Escaped the USSR Using Polish Documents Serafima Velkovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
7 “The Deepest Self Denies the Face”: Polish Jewish Intellectuals and the Birth of the “Soviet Marrano” Miriam Schulz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8 Hersh Smolar: A Polish Personage in the Soviet Jewish Cultural Scene, 1940s–1960s Gennady Estraikh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Part Two—Memory
9 Contested Memories: Soviet and Polish Jewish Refugees and Evacuees Recount Their Experience on the Soviet Home Front Natalie Belsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
10 Neither “Victims” nor “Survivors”: Polish Jews Reflect on Their Wartime Experiences in the Soviet Union During the Second World War John Goldlust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
11 A Matzeva Amid Crosses: Jewish Exiles in the Polish Memory of Siberia Lidia Zessin-Jurek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
12 Before, During, and After: The Objects and Archival Material in the POLIN Museum Przemysław Kaniecki and Renata Piątkowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
EPILOGUE Mark Edele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Note on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Index of Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 350
Keywords: Jewish history; Poland; Holocaust; World War II; refugee movements; Soviet Union; Yiddish; family; communism; occupation; antisemitism; Russia; deportation; diaspora; archives; Ukraine; Belarus; Lithuania; exile

eBook

Published: December 14, 2021
ISBN: 9781644697504