Pioneers and partisans : an oral history of Nazi genocide in Belorussia /
Walke, AnikaAuthor
Oral histories with Jews in the former Soviet Union reveal that age and gender are crucial factors for experiencing, surviving, and remembering the Nazi genocide in Soviet territories. These memories of atrocities and survival during the German occupation reflect complex negotiations of Jewish and Soviet identities and highlight how shared experiences of trauma facilitate community building within and beyond national groups.
Majer, Alex
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Geopolitical Terminology -- Maps -- Introduction --1 On Methodology -- 2 Between Tradition and Transformation -- 3 The End of Childhood -- 4 Suffering and Survival -- 5 Fighting for Life and Victory -- 6 Of Refuge and Resistance -- Conclusion -- Index
Oral histories with Jews in the former Soviet Union reveal that age and gender are crucial factors for experiencing, surviving, and remembering the Nazi genocide in Soviet territories. These memories of atrocities and survival during the German occupation reflect complex negotiations of Jewish and Soviet identities and highlight how shared experiences of trauma facilitate community building within and beyond national groups.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2015).
Jews
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews, Soviet
Oral history