Cultural Encounters and Literary Responses
from Part i - Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2023
This chapter deals with the large-scale evacuation of Ashkenazi Jews, perhaps as many as 1 million, to Central Asia following the German onslaught in 1941. It examines the encounter between the newcomers and this seemingly alien Asian region along with its native inhabitants, including the Bukharan Jews. This chapter also analyzes the cultural repercussions of the evacuation and its literary responses, especially the postwar writings of Grigory Kanovich and Dina Rubina.
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