Exodus and Its Aftermath - Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Interior (Hardcover)

During World War II, some two million Jewish refugees relocated from the western regions of the USSR to the Soviet interior. Citizens in the Central Asian territories were at best indifferent-and at worst openly hostile-toward these migrants. Unpopular policies dictated that residents house refugees and share their limited food and essentials with these unwelcome strangers. When the local population began targeting the newcomers, Soviet authorities saw the antisemitic violence as discontentment with the political system itself and came down hard against it. Local authorities, however, were less concerned with the discrimination, focusing instead on absorbing large numbers of displaced people while also managing regional resentment during the most difficult years of the war. Despite the lack of harmonious integration, party officials spread the myth that they had successfully assimilated over ten million evacuees. Albert Kaganovitch reconstructs the conditions that gave rise to this upsurge in antisemitic sentiment and provides new statistical data on the number of Jewish refugees who lived in the Urals, Siberia, and Middle Volga areas. The book's insights into the regional distribution and concentration of these EmigrEs offer a behind-the-scenes look at the largest and most intensive Jewish migration in history.

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	Albert Kaganovitch
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-33450-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	0-299-33450-3
Barcode:	9780299334505

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