In my continued exposure to leftist spaces and a leftist view on history it has become clear that all I understand about Stalin is the reactionary rhetoric I’ve been fed my whole life. I have only just started on reading theory and exposing myself to a leftist view, so Stalin as a topic isn’t something I’ve reached yet....
It is possible that your family faced repression, and it is possible that it was for unfair reasons, but I doubt it was solely for ‘being jewish’.
Could you elaborate on their circumstances? I truly would like to know.
I have Jewish ancestry that spreads all over Eastern Europe, and through genealogy and plain old talking with family, I’ve found no repression by communists on account of Jewishness. Some of my family don’t like communists and stated criticisms otherwise, but not for any reason related to antisemitism.
I don’t mean to shut you down - I am just quite curious.
Have you heard any of their accounts in any more detail than that? I know it’s hard to poke family members for holocaust memories, but is there a chance that some of the story has been lost along the way?
Lots of Jews were sent to Siberia during the war in order to shield them from the German advance that would’ve executed them on the spot. It is true that in 1940 there was a mass deportation of Polish and Jewish people to Siberia. In Siberia, conditions were definitely harsh but they were harsh for everyone, and were the way they were out of necessity for the war on the doorstep. Many who lived through the Siberian camps note that they were allowed to observe the Sabbath, that they were fed within the means of what was available, and that they received adequate medical care.
As for a move from Auschwitz to a Siberian work camp - that is certainly unfortunate but a very fringe occurrence. In accounts that this is reported to have happened, it has been on account of misunderstandings of Nazi collaboration - some Jews survived by performing acts of service and skill to their Nazi masters - a moral choice I cannot judge, that was in some cases misconstrued by soviet commanders as criminal.
In those scenarios (which may or may not resemble your family’s circumstances), I wouldn’t say the root of their mistreatment was them being Jewish. The majority of Auschwitz survivors were of course not sent to Siberia. The Soviet Union did not practice wide scale antisemitic policies.
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What's the deal with Stalin?
In my continued exposure to leftist spaces and a leftist view on history it has become clear that all I understand about Stalin is the reactionary rhetoric I’ve been fed my whole life. I have only just started on reading theory and exposing myself to a leftist view, so Stalin as a topic isn’t something I’ve reached yet....
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Why do Liberals consider the Holodomor as a "Genocide" but not the 1990s Russian Federation famine; at the same time they consider the Uyghur Issues as a "Genocide" but not the European Minorities+
Why do Liberals consider the Holodomor as a “Genocide” but not the 1990s Russian Federation famine; at the same time they consider the Uyghur Issues as a “Genocide” but not the European Minorities (Scots, Welsh, Irish, Bretton, Catalonians, Basques, Sami etc) as several genocides?...
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