Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin - A Memoir

Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin - A Memoir

von: Emil Draitser

University of California Press, 2008

ISBN: 9780520942257 , 320 Seiten

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Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin - A Memoir


 

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 "e,Jewish"e,-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 "e,Shush!"e, was the most frequent word he heard: "e,Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives."e, This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-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.