Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959) - History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival

The majority of Poland's prewar Jewish population who fled to the interior of the Soviet Union managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust. This collection of original essays tells the story of more
than 200,000 Polish Jews and offers new insights into their experiences.

List of contents

Table of ContentsNote on Translations, Transliterations, and Place Names
Antony Polonsky
Foreword
Katharina Friedla / Markus Nesselrodt
Introduction
Part One: History
Markus Nesselrodt
Who, When, and Why? Escaping German Occupation in 1939 versus 1941
Eliyana Adler
Children in Exile: Wartime Journeys of Polish Jewish Youth
Albert Kaganovitch
Together and Apart. Poles and Polish Jews in the War-Torn Soviet Union
Katharina Friedla
"I'm rushing with millions of others to the battlefield"-Jewish Soldiers in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, 1943-1946
Wojciech Marciniak
Repatriation of Polish Catholics and Jews from Distant Parts of the Soviet Union in Polish-Soviet Relations (1944-1947)
Serafima Velkovich
Polish Citizenship as a Way to Freedom: How Soviet Jews Escaped the USSR Using Polish Documents
Miriam Schulz
The Deepest Self Denies the Face: Polish Jewish Intellectuals and the Birth of the "Soviet Marrano"
Gennady Estraikh
Hersh Smolar: A Polish Personage in the Soviet Jewish Cultural Scene, 1940s-1960s
Part Two: Memory
Natalie Belsky
Contested Memories: Soviet and Polish Jewish Refugees and Evacuees Recount Their Experience on the Soviet Home Front
John Goldlust
Neither "Victims" nor "Survivors": Polish Jews Reflect on Their Wartime Experiences in the Soviet Union During the Second World War
Lidia Zessin-Jurek
A Matzeva Amid Crosses: Jewish Exiles in the Polish Memory of Siberia
Przemys¿aw Kaniecki and Renata Pi¿tkowska
Before, During, and After: The Objects and Archival Material in the POLIN Museum
Mark Edele
Epilogue
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Index of Places
Index of Names

About the author

Katharina Friedla is a historian specializing in East European and Jewish history, with a major focus on nationalism and identity politics, culture, state ideology, and forced migrations.
Markus Nesselrodt is a historian of East European history and specializes in Polish history, history of migration, and urban history.

Summary

The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population who fled to the interior of the Soviet Union managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust. This collection of original essays tells the story of morethan 200,000 Polish Jews and offers new insights into their experiences.

Product details

Assisted by	Katharina Friedla (Editor), Markus Nesselrodt (Editor)
Publisher	Ingram Publishers Services
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	14.12.2021
EAN	9781644697498
ISBN	978-1-64469-749-8
No. of pages	350
Dimensions	156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
Weight	678 g
Series	Jews of Poland
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Poland, Jewish Studies, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum

Product details

• Assisted by: Katharina Friedla (Editor), Markus Nesselrodt (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2021
• EAN: 9781644697498
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-749-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 678 g
• Series: Jews of Poland
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Poland, Jewish Studies, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum