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Shush! Growing up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir

Shush! Growing up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir

Draitser, Emil

Paperback

General World History

ISBN13: 9798502345538
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 6 2022
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 mid-twentieth-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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