Borderland Generation - Soviet and Polish Jews Under Hitler

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Koerber is assistant professor of history at Chapman University in California Klappentext "Borderland Generation: Soviet and Polish Jews under Hitler" explores the Holocaust in eastern Poland and the western Soviet Union under German occupation during World War II. Drawing upon written and oral sources recorded in the multiple languages of the region, many never before examined by scholars, the book follows the trajectories of individuals too often portrayed in the historical literature as faceless victims."-- Zusammenfassung Traces the prewar and wartime experiences of young adult Jews raised under distinct political and social systems. Each cohort harnessed the knowledge and skills attained during their formative years to seek survival during the Holocaust through narrow windows of chance.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Koerber
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780815636373
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3637-3
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Modern Jewish History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous