A Jew’s Fate in Eurasian Space: Between Hatred and Misunderstanding. Role of Mikhail Vygon‘s Legacy in Understanding Persecution of Jews in Crimea in Twentieth Century
Journal: Eurasian Crossroads
Year: 2020

In the article, I investigate the role of prosaic oeuvres and memoirs of the famous but now forgotten Yalta-born writer, public figure and teacher of Jewish origin Mikhail Josifovich Vygon (1924-2011), in the reconstruction of the Jewish genocide in Crimea by Nazi criminals during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the later political oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union. An especial attention is paid to Vygon’s testimony of atrocities of the Russians and Ukrainians to the Jews during the Ger