Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
more Caucasians, East Asians. Not many more j recruits after 1 st year.
4 March 2014
Memorialization of Holocaust. Last week, rise of pop anti-Semitism. Causes? Nazi
occ did something, efficiently disseminated targeted anti-Semitism in local langs.
Tatars couldn't read Ger, but Tat and Russ. Crafted to local sensitivities. J land-
grabbing as part of Judeo-Bolshevik theory, dispossessed Tatars and others of natl
land through collectivization. Hungary only occ for a year. W Uk, over 2 years,
latently anti-Semitic to begin w, pogroms 1919, 1940-41 before Nazi troops even
arrive. Sovs had allowed for greater Rus, Orthodox natlism, which opened up
antisem can of worms; but not antisem. Incubator of antisem, Red Army, rumor.
Dispropor # Js killed at beginning, so not as many Js. Pop antisem, J draft-dodging.
Not necessarily running away from front, but to E. Most prevalent rumor, part of
Tashkent partisans (Uzbekistan). Js disprop among evacuees and refugees beyond
Urals. How many? 10-15% SU J
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