Stalin's Gulag at War Forced Labour, Mass Death, and Soviet Victory in the Second World War
Stalin's Gulag at War: Forced Labour, Mass Death, and Soviet Victory in the Second World War

Stalin's Gulag at War places the Gulag within the story of the regional wartime mobilization of Western Siberia during the Second World War. Far from Moscow, Western Siberia was a key area for evacuated factories and for production in support of the war effort. Wilson T. Bell explores a diverse...

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1. Verfasser: Bell, Wilson T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press [2019]
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Forced labor > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
Internment camps > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
Political persecution > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Soviet
World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union
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Zusammenfassung:Stalin's Gulag at War places the Gulag within the story of the regional wartime mobilization of Western Siberia during the Second World War. Far from Moscow, Western Siberia was a key area for evacuated factories and for production in support of the war effort. Wilson T. Bell explores a diverse array of issues, including mass death, informal practices such as black markets, and the responses of prisoners and personnel to the war. The region's camps were never prioritized, and faced a constant struggle to mobilize for the war. Prisoners in these camps, however, engaged in such activities as sewing Red Army uniforms, manufacturing artillery shells, and constructing and working in major defense factories. The myriad responses of prisoners and personnel to the war reveal the Gulag as a complex system, but one that was closely tied to the local, regional, and national war effort, to the point where prisoners and non-prisoners frequently interacted. At non-priority camps, moreover, the area's many forced labour camps and colonies saw catastrophic death rates, often far exceeding official Gulag averages. Ultimately, prisoners played a tangible role in Soviet victory, but the cost was incredibly high, both in terms of the health and lives of the prisoners themselves, and in terms of Stalin's commitment to total, often violent, mobilization to achieve the goals of the Soviet state
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (280 pages)
ISBN:9781487519407
DOI:10.3138/9781487519407

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