Shush! : growing up Jewish under Stalin : a memoir / Emil Draitser.
Shush! : growing up Jewish under Stalin : a memoir / Emil Draitser.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
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N305.8924/ 92
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
How I failed my motherland -- Fathers at war -- Path to paradise -- What's in a name! -- Black shawl -- Us against them -- I don't want to have relatives! -- Friends and enemies -- The girl of my dreams -- How they laugh in Odessa -- Papa and the Soviets -- A dependent -- Without declarations -- Who...
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"This memoir conveys us back to Draitser's childhood and adolescence and provides a unique account of post-Holocaust life in Russia. We live side by side with young Draitser as he struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Despite the waves of anti-Jewish campaigns, which swept over...
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Full title
Shush! : growing up Jewish under Stalin : a memoir / Emil Draitser.
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The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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c2008.
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N305.8924/ 92
Record Identifier
74VMbrXxM33l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbrXxM33l
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ISBN
9780520254466 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520254465 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
305.892404772092 B
MMS ID
991000817089702626
