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Author An-Ski, S., 1863-1920, author

Title 1915 diary of S. An-Sky : a Russian Jewish writer at the Eastern Front / S. An-Sky ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Polly Zavadivker
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 187 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- S. An-sky's 1915 diary -- 1. Winter 1915 : Galicia -- 2. Fall 1915 : Petrograd
Summary S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and an ethnographer who pioneered the collection of Jewish folklore in Russia's Pale of Settlement. In 1915, An-sky took on the assignment of providing aid and relief to Jewish civilians trapped under Russian military occupation in Galicia. As he made his way through the shtetls there, close to the Austrian frontlines, he kept a diary of his encounters and impressions, written in Russian. His diary entries present a detailed reflection of his daily experiences. He describes conversations with wounded soldiers in hospitals, fellow Russian and Jewish aid workers, Russian military and civilian authorities, and Jewish civilians in Galicia and parts of the Pale. Although most of his diaries were lost, two fragments survived and are preserved in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Translated and annotated here by Polly Zavadivker, these fragments convey An-sky's vivid firsthand descriptions of civilian and military life in wartime. He recorded the brutality and violence against the civilian population, the complexities of interethnic relations, the practices and limitations of philanthropy and medical care, Russification policies, and antisemitism. In the late 1910s, An-sky used his diaries as raw material for a lengthy memoir in Yiddish published under the title The Destruction of Galicia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-182) and index
Notes English
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Subject An-Ski, S., 1863-1920 -- Diaries
SUBJECT An-Ski, S., 1863-1920 fast
Subject HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Genre/Form diaries.
Diaries
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
Form Electronic book
Author Zavadivker, Polly, translator, writer of introduction
ISBN 9780253020536
0253020530