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Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin

Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780520942257
ISBN-13 : 0520942256
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Book Synopsis Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin by : Emil Draitser

Download or read book Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin written by Emil Draitser and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word "Jewish"—even in casual conversation—he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he realized, of growing up in the anti-Semitic, post-Holocaust Soviet Union, when "Shush!" was the most frequent word he heard: "Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives." This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-century life in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Lively, evocative, and rich with humor, this unforgettable story ends with the death of Stalin and, through life stories of the author's ancestors, presents a sweeping panorama of two centuries of Jewish history in Russia.


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