Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959) : : History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival / / ed. by Katharina Friedla, Markus Nesselrodt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Adler, Eliyana R,; Belsky, Natalie,; Edele, Mark,; Estraikh, Gennady,; Friedla, Katharina,; Goldlust, John,; Kaganovitch, Albert,; Kaniecki, Przemysław,; Marciniak, Wojciech,; Nesselrodt, Markus,; Piątkowska, Renata,; Polonsky, Antony,; Schulz, Miriam,; Velkovich, Serafima,; Zessin-Jurek, Lidia,
• HerausgeberIn: Friedla, Katharina,; Nesselrodt, Markus,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Jews of Poland
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)

The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust in the interior of the Soviet Union. This collection of original essays tells the story of more than 200,000 Polish Jews who came to a foreign country as war refugees, forced laborers, or political prisoners. This diverse set of experiences is covered by historians, literary and memory scholars, and sociologists who specialize in the field of East European Jewish history and culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Place Names -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One—History -- 1 Who, When, and Why? Escaping German Occupation in 1939 versus 1941 -- 2 Children in Exile: Wartime Journeys of Polish Jewish Youth -- 3 Together and Apart: Poles and Polish Jews in the War-Torn Soviet Union -- 4 “I’m rushing with millions of others to the battlefield”—Jewish Soldiers in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, 1943–1946 -- 5 Repatriation of Polish Catholics and Jews from Distant Parts of the Soviet Union in Polish-Soviet Relations (1944–1947) -- 6 Polish Citizenship as a Way to Freedom: How Soviet Jews Escaped the USSR Using Polish Documents -- 7 “The Deepest Self Denies the Face”: Polish Jewish Intellectuals and the Birth of the “Soviet Marrano” -- 8 Hersh Smolar: A Polish Personage in the Soviet Jewish Cultural Scene, 1940s–1960s -- Part Two—Memory -- 9 Contested Memories: Soviet and Polish Jewish Refugees and Evacuees Recount Their Experience on the Soviet Home Front -- 10 Neither “Victims” nor “Survivors”: Polish Jews Reflect on Their Wartime Experiences in the Soviet Union During the Second World War -- 11 A Matzeva Amid Crosses: Jewish Exiles in the Polish Memory of Siberia -- 12 Before, During, and After: The Objects and Archival Material in the POLIN Museum -- EPILOGUE -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Contributors -- Index of Places -- Index of Names