ISBN:
9783030997878
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 305 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
22 cm
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Palgrave critical studies of antisemitism and racism
Uniform Title:
Russkaja armija i evrei. 1914-1917
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Goldin, Semion The Russian Army and the Jewish Population, 1914–1917
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Goldin, Semion The Russian Army and the Jewish Population, 1914-1917
DDC:
305.89240947
Keywords:
Russia History 20th century
;
Russia
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Jews Social conditions 20th century
;
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
World War, 1914-1918
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews
;
Jews ; Social conditions
;
History
;
Russia
Abstract:
This book represents a new reading of a key moment in the history of East European Jewry, namely the period preceding the collapse of the Russian Empire. Offering a novel analysis of relations between the Russian army and Jews during the First World War, it points to the army and military authorities as the 'gravediggers' of the Jews' fragile co-existence with the tsarist regime. It focuses on various aspects of the Russian army's brutal treatment of Jews living in or near the Eastern Front, where three quarters of European Jewry were living when the war began. At the same time, it shows the enormous harm this anti-Jewish campaign wreaked on the Russian empire's economy, finances, public security, and international status
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-99788-5
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