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The Russian Army and the Jewish Population, 1914–1917

Libel, Persecution, Reaction

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Authors:
  1. Semion Goldin

    1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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  • Represents a new reading of a key moment in the history of East European Jewry
  • Points to the army and military authorities as the 'gravediggers' of the Jews’ fragile co-existence
  • Focuses on various aspects of the Russian army’s brutal treatment of Jews

Part of the book series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism (PCSAR)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 1-13

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

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 15-39

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

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 41-72

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

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 73-108

  6. Deportations of the Jewish Population and Hostage Taking (1914–1915)

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 109-143

  7. The Military Authorities and the Jews

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 145-178

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

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 179-213

  9. “The Jewish Question” and the Political Situation in Russia

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 215-250

  10. Conclusion

    • Semion Goldin
    Pages 251-268

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 269-305
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About this book

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.

 

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“Semion Goldin’s work on the Russian Jewish community and the imperial army during WWI is a fascinating foray into the Russian Jewry’s impossible conundrum between ‘libel, persecution, and reaction’ and into its traumatic, violent, chaotic, and complex encounter with the dark side of modernity. This work will surely remain the definitive treatment of the subject for some time to come.” (Andrei Cusco, EuropeNow, europenowjournal.org, May 1, 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Semion Goldin

About the author

Semion Goldin is Senior Research Fellow at the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry, Israel.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Russian Army and the Jewish Population, 1914–1917

  • Book Subtitle: Libel, Persecution, Reaction

  • Authors: Semion Goldin

  • Series Title: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99788-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99787-8Published: 03 June 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99790-8Published: 04 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99788-5Published: 01 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2946-4633

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-4641

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 305

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of Military, Judaism

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