The Jews in Soviet-Occupied Eastern Poland at the End of 1939: Numbers and Distribution

Siekierski, Maciej

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“…33 However, between 1939 and 1940, 200,000 to 350,000 Jews from the Generalgouvernement and from the territories annexed to the Third Reich found shelter in the Soviet-occupied zone in their flight from the advancing German Army. 34 When the Red Army entered Eastern Poland, these people found themselves in a difficult situation. For the new authorities, they constituted a significant 'technical' difficulty, while the NKVD (Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del) saw them as 'politically unpredictable' and hence a potential security issue.…”

Section: German Occupation Of Poland and Escape To The Eastmentioning

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‘From Nazi Inferno to Soviet Hell’: Polish-Jewish children and youth and their trajectories of survival during and after World War II

Friedla

2021

J Mod Eur Hist

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This article relates the experiences of Polish-Jewish children, born or raised in Germany, who survived the war in the Soviet hinterland, and validates that their traumatic wartime experiences had long-lasting consequences. Over the course of the years 1938 to 1945, as well as throughout the post-war decade, this group of children survived several fundamental, political transformations, which deeply affected and irrevocably changed their lives. These caesuras thrust them through a triad of transitions: as young deportees and refugees they ceased to be children; they were moved forcibly from one country to another; and the emotional pain and trauma they experienced during forced migrations. All of these children were refugees three or more times over: expelled from Germany to Poland, deported or sent to the interior of the Soviet Union, ‘repatriated’ from the USSR to Poland, they fled to Displaced Persons camps in Germany or Austria, and finally emigrated to Western countries. These extremely personal accounts of Polish-Jewish children experiences not only open a window into the past and help us to better understand the special plight of child victims and survivors, but they also allow us to reflect more deeply, thoughtfully, and comprehensively on the present-day issues of forced migration, displacement, and refugee crises.

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Section: German Occupation Of Poland and Escape To The Eastmentioning

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‘From Nazi Inferno to Soviet Hell’: Polish-Jewish children and youth and their trajectories of survival during and after World War II

Friedla

2021

J Mod Eur Hist

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The Jews in Soviet-Occupied Eastern Poland at the End of 1939: Numbers and Distribution

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‘From Nazi Inferno to Soviet Hell’: Polish-Jewish children and youth and their trajectories of survival during and after World War II

‘From Nazi Inferno to Soviet Hell’: Polish-Jewish children and youth and their trajectories of survival during and after World War II

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