Silence Was Salvation - Child Survivors of Stalin s Terror World War II in Soviet Union

Roughly ten million children were victims of political repression in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist Era. In this title, ten grown victims who, as children, suffered banishment, starvation, disease, anti-Semitism, and trauma resulting from their parents' condemnation and arrest, now freely share their stories.

About the author

Cathy A. Frierson is a professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and the author or co-author of several books, including Children of the Gulag.

Summary

Roughly ten million children were victims of political repression in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist Era. In this title, ten grown victims who, as children, suffered banishment, starvation, disease, anti-Semitism, and trauma resulting from their parents' condemnation and arrest, now freely share their stories.

Product details

• Authors: Cathy A Frierson, Cathy A. Frierson, Frierson Cathy A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2015
• EAN: 9780300179453
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17945-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Annals of Communism; Annals of Communism; Annals of Communism (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Military / General, Memoirs, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs