Evacuee Encounters on the Soviet Home Front During the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9781032332154 / Twarda / 2023 / 248 str.

USA) Belsky Natalie (University of Minnesota Duluth

Opis

This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during World War II in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Urals.

Spis treści

Introduction: Encounters in the East  1. Endless Itinerancy: Evacuee Journeys to Sites of Resettlement  2. Unwanted Neighbors: The Struggle Over Evacuee Housing  3. The “Right to Be Useful” and the Debates Over Evacuee Employment  4. The Home Front Economy and the Leningrad Ration  5. “You Are Not an Orphan:” The Campaign in Defense of Evacuated Children  6. Soviet and Jewish?: Antisemitism on the Home Front.  Conclusion

O autorze

Natalie Belsky is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History, Political Science and International Studies at University of Minnesota Duluth.