De-Stalinising Eastern Europe - The Rehabilitation of Stalin''s Victims After 1953

Zusatztext "Essays work together to provide a picture of the rehabilitation of Stalin's victims in selected Soviet republics and states in the Soviet sphere of influence. They provide details for the overarching themes of what rehabilitation truly meant for the victims and how these victims sometimes acted on their own behalf. All the essays are captivating and backed by numerous references. Therefore! this collected work is highly recommended." (Christina Baxter! Europe-Asia Studies! Vol. 65 (7)! October! 2017) Informationen zum Autor Marc Elie, Centre d'études des mondes russe, caucasien, et centre-européen, France Andrea Pet?, Central European University, Hungary Piotr K?adoczny, University of Warsaw, Poland Klára Pinerová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Calin Goina, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Jordan Baev, Rakovski National Defense College, Bulgaria Oleg Bazhan, National University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy', Ukraine Igor Ca?u, State University of Moldova, Moldova Ir?na Saleniece, Daugavpils University, Latvia Iryna Ramanava, European Humanities University, Lithuania Miriam Dobson, University of Sheffield, UK Klappentext This unique volume examines how and to what extent former victims of Stalinist terror from across the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were received, reintegrated and rehabilitated following the mass releases from prisons and labour camps which came in the wake of Stalin's death in 1953 and Khrushchev's reforms in the subsequent decade. Zusammenfassung This unique volume examines how and to what extent former victims of Stalinist terror from across the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were received! reintegrated and rehabilitated following the mass releases from prisons and labour camps which came in the wake of Stalin's death in 1953 and Khrushchev's reforms in the subsequent decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. De-Stalinising Eastern Europe: The Dilemmas of Rehabilitation; Matthew Stibbe and Kevin McDermott 2. Rehabilitation in the Soviet Union, 1953-1964: A Policy Unachieved; Marc Elie 3. De-Stalinisation in Hungary from a Gendered Perspective: The Case of Júlia Rajk; Andrea Pet? 4. The Release and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Terror in Poland; Piotr K?adoczny 5. The Limits of Rehabilitation: The 1930s Stalinist Terror and its Legacy in post-1953 East Germany; Matthew Stibbe 6. The Rehabilitation Process in Czechoslovakia: Party and Popular Responses; Kevin McDermott and Klára Pinerová 7. Rehabilitation in Romania: The Case of Lucretiu Patrascanu; Calin Goina 8. De-Stalinisation and Political Rehabilitations in Bulgaria; Jordan Baev 9. The Rehabilitation of Stalin's Victims in Ukraine, 1953-64: A Socio-Legal Perspective; Oleg Bazhan 10. The Fate of Stalinist Victims in Moldavia after 1953: Amnesty, Pardon and the Long Road to Rehabilitation; Igor Ca?u 11. Latvian Deportees of the 1940s: Their Release and Rehabilitation; Ir?na Saleniece 12. The Amnesty and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Repression in Belarus; Iryna Ramanava Afterword: Stalinist Rehabilitation in a Pan-European Perspective; Miriam Dobson ...

List of contents

1. De-Stalinising Eastern Europe: The Dilemmas of Rehabilitation; Matthew Stibbe and Kevin McDermott
2. Rehabilitation in the Soviet Union, 1953-1964: A Policy Unachieved; Marc Elie
3. De-Stalinisation in Hungary from a Gendered Perspective: The Case of Júlia Rajk; Andrea Pet?
4. The Release and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Terror in Poland; Piotr K?adoczny
5. The Limits of Rehabilitation: The 1930s Stalinist Terror and its Legacy in post-1953 East Germany; Matthew Stibbe
6. The Rehabilitation Process in Czechoslovakia: Party and Popular Responses; Kevin McDermott and Klára Pinerová
7. Rehabilitation in Romania: The Case of Lucretiu Patrascanu; Calin Goina
8. De-Stalinisation and Political Rehabilitations in Bulgaria; Jordan Baev
9. The Rehabilitation of Stalin's Victims in Ukraine, 1953-64: A Socio-Legal Perspective; Oleg Bazhan
10. The Fate of Stalinist Victims in Moldavia after 1953: Amnesty, Pardon and the Long Road to Rehabilitation; Igor Ca?u
11. Latvian Deportees of the 1940s: Their Release and Rehabilitation; Ir?na Saleniece
12. The Amnesty and Rehabilitation of Victims of Stalinist Repression in Belarus; Iryna Ramanava
Afterword: Stalinist Rehabilitation in a Pan-European Perspective; Miriam Dobson

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"Essays work together to provide a picture of the rehabilitation of Stalin's victims in selected Soviet republics and states in the Soviet sphere of influence. They provide details for the overarching themes of what rehabilitation truly meant for the victims and how these victims sometimes acted on their own behalf. All the essays are captivating and backed by numerous references. Therefore, this collected work is highly recommended." (Christina Baxter, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 65 (7), October, 2017)

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• Authors: Kevin McDermott, Kevin Stibbe Mcdermott
• Assisted by: Kevi McDermott (Editor), Kevin McDermott (Editor), Stibbe (Editor), Stibbe (Editor), Matthew Stibbe (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137368911
• ISBN: 978-1-137-36891-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)