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The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War

The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shay A. PilnikPublish date:03/15/25Pages:274
Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781626710931ISBN-10:1626710937UPC:9781626710931Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Modern, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Historical Events, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC6EGPRZPH
The Nazis and their collaborators buried over 100,000 victims at Babyn Yar, a ravine in modern-day Ukraine. Most of the individuals were Jewish, making this area one of the most infamous mass murder sites in history. The Ravine of Memory starts when the travesty ends, telling the story of the ravine's memory and forgetting in Soviet literature and culture--in Russian as well as in Yiddish. This book challenges the prevailing binary conceptions of Babyn Yar as exclusively a Holocaust or a "Great Patriotic War" story. It is neither the exclusive product of Soviet censorship nor individual dissidents. Babyn Yar is more than a physical space where untold horrors took place. Symbolically, it is the ultimate meeting point of so many disparate threads of Soviet culture: the state and the artist, the Jew and the non-Jew, and the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War. Ultimately, it is a place that reveals the frailty and courage of those who bear witness to atrocity.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781626710931ISBN-10:1626710937UPC:9781626710931Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Modern, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Historical Events, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC6EGPRZPH
Publisher: Purdue University Press

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