Language:
Russian
Year of publication:
2010
Titel der Quelle:
Ab Imperio; Theory and History of Nationalism and Empire in the Post-Soviet Space
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (2010) 283-316
Keywords:
Jews, Soviet
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Soviet Union Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Germany Emigration and immigration 1933-1945
;
History
Abstract:
In 1925, when the number of Russian émigrés in Germany stabilized, Jews constituted 63,500 of the 253,000 former Russian nationals residing in the country. The Nazi takeover in 1933 did not lead to the Jews' immediate departure: many hoped that the Nazi regime would be short-lived, many others had no means to leave, and there were those who sympathized with the anti-Bolshevist regime. The attitudes of many ethnic Russian and ethnic German émigrés toward Jews promptly deteriorated, and Jews were ostracized from many Russian institutions in Germany. Radical right and pro-Nazi organizations emerged among the Russian émigrés, the most conspicuous being the Rossiiskoye Osvoboditelnoye Natsionalnoye Dvizheniye (Russian National Movement for Liberation, ROND). Antisemitism was one of the cornerstones of their ideology and a factor in the departure of Russian Jews from Germany. In 1940-41, Germany became a trap for those Russian Jewish émigrés who failed to leave. Dwells on the activities of the Teitel Foundation, which assisted the Russian Jews who were trying to emigrate; the Foundation was able to help some of them, but many Russian Jews perished either in Germany or having been deported between 1941-43.
Note:
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