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A different silence: the survival of more than 200, 000 Polish Jews in the Soviet Union during Word War II as a case study in cultural amnesia

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Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 21, 1 (2012)

 Author(s) John Goldlust AbstractThis article draws on family stories of refuge and exile of Polish Jews inside the USSR during WWII to sketch an often forgotten aspect of Jewish experience in WWII. The author asks why the experiences of Polish Jews who sought refuge in Russia is lesser known than the stories of Polish Jews under Nazi control, and looks at their life under the Soviets, looking at deportation programs, wartime scarcity and politics, and postwar experiences.
Year2012
Pages13-61
A different silence: the survival of more than 200, 000 Polish Jews in the Soviet Union during Word War II as a case study in cultural amnesia
A different silence: the survival of more than 200, 000 Polish Jews in the Soviet Union during Word War II as a case study in cultural amnesia
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