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Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union

Eliyana Adler
March 19, 2024
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Will Eisner Room, Room 205, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210

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Eliyana Adler
Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies 
Pennsylvania State University 

The majority of Polish Jews who survived World War II did so in the Soviet interior. Yet very little is known about their wartime struggles. This talk will explore how over 200,000 Jewish refugees found themselves deep within Soviet territory when the Germans invaded, the privations they experienced there, and their traumatic return to Poland after the war. Focusing on this group helps us to understand the vast scope of the Holocaust as well as the difficult plight of refugees.

This program is free and open to the public. Attend in person or on Zoom.  Click on the following link for the Zoom program: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HDmdxDRjRcmqzBOpg-FN6A

Professor Adler's lecture is supported by the Diane Cummins Community Education Fund and co-sponsored by the Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.