| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Jews in Russia -- The Great War and the Jewish Question in Russia -- Shrouds for the dead and bread for the living! The birth of the American Joint Distribution Committee -- Pomoshch'! The EKOPO and relief in Russia -- The invasion of Galicia -- Under German occupation -- Gimme shelter: the refugee crisis during the war -- Strangers in a strange land: the Jewish refugees in the Far East -- The Jewish Question in Poland -- No man's land: the pogroms in Ukraine -- Victims of peace: the refugees after the end of the war -- Flesh and Bones: the relief of the children -- Wind of change: the Russian Jews and the revolutions of 1917 -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
This volume focuses on the consequences that the First World War had on the Jews living in notorious Pale of Settlement within the frontiers of the Tsarist Empire. The research is entirely based on a solid documentary study, consisting of the documents of the Joint Distribution Committee and references to many historiographic works. Rather than dealing with the military aspects of war, the book focuses on the political consequences, and in particular on the economic and social changes that the conflict generated. The Jewish communities experienced a personal tragedy within the general tragedy of war, as they were particularly "damaged", not only by violence and persecutions--suffering from the pogroms of Cossacks and local populations--but also by the evacuations and expulsions ordered by the military. It meant that a great part of the Jewish population was forced to leave their residence and, in many cases, compelled to wander for several years or even emigrate. In addition to this, after the outbreak of World War I, the Russian Jews became "hostile elements" who were viewed as potential spies and traitors, and were subsequently targeted by a new wave of discriminatory measures that were based on two myths of contemporary antisemitism: the "stab in the back" and the conspiracy of Jewish Bolshevism. From this perspective, what happened during the Great War could be seen as an anticipation of the tragedy that affected Eastern European Jewry in the following decades--back cover |
| Bibliography |
Included bibliographical references (pages 267-270) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Jews -- Europe, Eastern
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Russian Revolution.
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First World War.
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Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Jews
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Juden
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Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Eastern Europe
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Russland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527512214 |
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1527512215 |
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