Evacuation and Escape During the Course of the Soviet-German War
Journal: Dapim Studies on the Holocaust
Year: 2014

AbstractThe article analyzes the Soviet Union's policy of evacuating industrial plants and their employees as well as members of the cultural and governmental elites to the hinterland at the time of the Soviet-German war. The article does not merely describe this policy, but also presents extensive documentation pertaining to the practical implementation of the evacuation, against the background of the turmoil within the country and the breakdown of communication between the regime's central ins