I Saw It : Ilya Selvinsky and the Legacy of Bearing Witness to the Shoah / Maxim D. Shrayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shrayer, Maxim D., Author.

Contributor:

Selʹvinskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Lʹvovich, 1899-1968.

Series:

Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Selʹvinskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Lʹvovich, -- 1899-1968.

Poets, Russian--20th century--Soviet Union--Biography.

Poets, Russian.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry.

Selʹvinskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Lʹvovich, 1899-1968.

Selʹvinskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Lʹvovich.

Local Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Selʹvinskiĭ, Ilʹi︠a︡ Lʹvovich, -- 1899-1968.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this ground-breaking book, based on archival and field research and previously unknown historical evidence, Maxim D. Shrayer introduces the work of Ilya Selvinsky, the first Jewish-Russian poet to depict the Holocaust (Shoah) in the occupied Soviet territories. In January 1942, while serving as a military journalist, Selvinsky witnessed the immediate aftermath of the massacre of thousands of Jews outside the Crimean city of Kerch, and thereafter composed and published poems about it. Shrayer painstakingly reconstructs the details of the Nazi atrocities witnessed by Selvinsky, and shows that in 1943, as Stalin's regime increasingly refused to report the annihilation of Jews in the occupied territories, Selvinsky paid a high price for his writings and actions. This book features over 60 rare photographs and illustrations and includes translations of Selvinsky's principal Shoah poems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter one. Selvinsky on the Shoah by Bullet

Chapter two. The Price of Bearing Witness to the Shoah

Chapter three. The Victory and Beyond

Chapter four. Selvinsky's Legacy and Soviet Shoah Poetry

Appendix: Two Shoah Poems by Ilya Selvinsky: Russian originals and English translations

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

Index

Praise for I SAW IT: Ilya Selvinsky and the Legacy of Bearing Witness to the Shoah / Shrayer, Maxim D.

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-191-4

OCLC:

860922935