The Holocaust in the Eyes of Homo Sovieticus: A Survey Based on Northeastern Belorussia and Northwestern Russia
This article draws upon more than a hundred interviews to explore the recollections of Russian, Belorussian, and Jewish witnesses of the Holocaust. Reflecting ubiquitous cultural stereotypes as well as decades of political indoctrination, their statements constitute a highly subjective source: the a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1999
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1999, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 355-382 |
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| Summary: | This article draws upon more than a hundred interviews to explore the recollections of Russian, Belorussian, and Jewish witnesses of the Holocaust. Reflecting ubiquitous cultural stereotypes as well as decades of political indoctrination, their statements constitute a highly subjective source: the author employs them here less to shed light on events themselves than to document how ordinary Soviet citizens understood, remembered, and spoke about them in the mid-1980s. Perceptions varied by ethnicity, but many common understandings characterized both Jewish and Gentile accounts. In addition to illustrating the influence of official Soviet ideology, these interviews also demonstrated the ability of ordinary people to shed that influence and make sense of history for themselves. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/13.3.355 |