Soviet Jews in World War II: Fighting, Witnessing, Remembering
A quick glance at the title of this impressive new edited volume can be deceiving. The juxtaposition of Soviet Jews and World War II immediately calls up images of mass shootings. This volume does not treat the Holocaust per se, however. Rather, it offers a selection of new and interdisciplinary wor...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 502-504 |
| Review of: | Soviet Jews in World War II (Boston, Mass. : Academic Studies Press, 2014) (Adler, Eliyana R.)
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Book review
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| Summary: | A quick glance at the title of this impressive new edited volume can be deceiving. The juxtaposition of Soviet Jews and World War II immediately calls up images of mass shootings. This volume does not treat the Holocaust per se, however. Rather, it offers a selection of new and interdisciplinary works about Soviet Jews’ participation in the war effort as well as their responses to the unfolding genocide. As such, it both fills a lacuna and provides a bridge. Scholars of the Holocaust are increasingly aware of the diversity of wartime experiences and the importance of integrating them into a larger history of the war and its consequences. This work is thus a welcome addition to the bookshelves of scholars and students of the Holocaust, World War II, and Soviet history. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcv056 |
