Cover; Pioneers and Partisans; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Geopolitical Terminology; Maps; Introduction; 1 On Methodology: Oral History and the Nazi Genocide; 2 Between Tradition and Transformation: Soviet Jews in the 1930s; 3 The End of Childhood: Young Soviet Jews in the Minsk Ghetto; 4 Suffering and Survival: The Destruction of Jewish Communities in Eastern Belorussia; 5 Fighting for Life and Victory: Refugees from the Ghettos and the Soviet Partisan Movement; 6 Of Refuge and Resistance: Labor for Survival in the "Zorin Family Unit."
Conclusion: Soviet Internationalism, Judaism, and the Nazi Genocide in Oral HistoriesNotes; Sources; Index
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2015)