The Russian army and the Jewish population, 1914-1917 : libel, persecution, reaction / Semion Goldin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golʹdin, Semen, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Palgrave critical studies of antisemitism and racism

Standardized Title:

Russkaja armija i evrei. 1914-1917 English.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Jews--Russia--History--20th century.

Jews--Russia--Social conditions--20th century.

Antisemitism--Russia--History--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Russia.

Antisemitism.

Jews.

Jews--Social conditions.

Russia. Armii︠a︡--History--20th century.

Russia. Armii͡a.

Russia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

Language Note:

Translated from the Russian.

Summary:

This book represents a new reading of a key moment in the history of East European Jewry, namely the period preceding the collapse of the Russian Empire. Offering a novel analysis of relations between the Russian army and Jews during the First World War, it points to the army and military authorities as the 'gravediggers' of the Jews' fragile co-existence with the tsarist regime. It focuses on various aspects of the Russian army's brutal treatment of Jews living in or near the Eastern Front, where three quarters of European Jewry were living when the war began. At the same time, it shows the enormous harm this anti-Jewish campaign wreaked on the Russian empire's economy, finances, public security, and international status.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. The Russian Army and the Jews at the Start of the Twentieth Century

The Army's Role in Political and Social Life

The Russian Army and the Jews Before World War I

Draft Plans to Abolish Army Conscription of Jews

The Course of Operations and Structural Changes in the Army

3. Army Authority and Activity in the Sphere of Civilian Administration

Structure and Powers of the Military Administration

The Military Leadership and the Council of Ministers

Functioning of the Military Administration

Forced Evacuation (1915)

4. The Russian Army Command and the Negative Stereotype of the Jew

The Russian Command's Perception of Jews in the Army and of the Jewish Population

Charges Against the Jews

Antisemitism of Russian Commanders

The Military and Right-Wing Press About the Jews

Reasons for Formation of a Negative Image of the Jews

5. Deportations of the Jewish Population and Hostage Taking (1914-1915)

Total Expulsions: Rules and Reality (August 1914-February 1915)

Deportations as an Officially Approved Measure in the "Struggle" Against the Jews

Expulsions from Kovno and Kurland Gubernias (April-May 1915)

Expulsions from Occupied Galicia

After Massive Deportations (Summer-Fall 1915)

Hostage Taking: From Single Cases to Policy

6. The Military Authorities and the Jews

Army Counterintelligence

Military Courts and the Jews

Administrative Expulsions

Military Censorship

A Ban on Movement

Jewish Suppliers and Contractors, Jews in Public Organizations

Summing Up the Jewish Policy of Military Authorities

7. Soldiers, Officers, and the Jewish Population of the Frontal Zone

Soldiers, Officers, and Jews

Pillaging. The Behavior of Cossack Units

Pogroms in the Battle Zone

Executions in the Frontal Zone

Servicemen and Women

Jews and the Non-Jewish Population in the Frontal Zone

8. "The Jewish Question" and the Political Situation in Russia

Hopes of the First Months of the War

Russian-Jewish Appeals to the Authorities

Political Parties and the Jewish Question (1915)

"The Jewish Question" in the Russian Government (1915)

"The Jewish Question" in the Duma (1916)

9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030997878

3030997871

OCLC:

1302738453

Publisher Number:

99991259123