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Lives of the Great Patriotic War

The Untold Story of Jewish Soviet Soldiers in the Red Army During WWII

Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive
Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive
In honor of the 70th anniversary of victory and in commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the outbreak of war on the Eastern front, the Blavatnik Archive Foundation developed the exhibit, Lives of the Great Patriotic War: The Untold Story of Jewish Soviet Soldiers in the Red Army During WWII.

In print and digital displays, the exhibit features war-time diary and letter excerpts, archival photographs and documents as well as portraits and video excerpts from contemporary oral testimonies. The exhibit provides a link to the human experiences of life on the Eastern front: valor and fear in combat, Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust, the unique circumstances of fighting as Jewish soldiers, and the celebration of victory.

The Blavatnik Archive Foundation is non-profit foundation dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of primary resources that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, especially WWI and WWII.

Join us for the symposium Resistance in Red: Soviet Jewish Combatants in WWII on October 25th, 1:30-5:00 pm, in the Hatcher Gallery. The symposium will be followed by an exhibit opening reception, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; the Institute for the Humanities; the International Institute; the Center for Russion, East European, and Eurasian Studies; and the University Library.
Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive
Veteran Stories, courtesy of the Blavatnik Archive

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