Soviet Jews in World War II : Fighting, Witnessing, Remembering (Borderlines: Russian and East European-jewish Studies)

Discusses the participation of Jews as soldiers, journalists, and propagandists in combating the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, as the period between June 22, 1941, and May 9, 1945 was known in the Soviet Union. The essays included here examine oral testimony, poetry, cinema, diaries, memoirs, newspapers, and archives.