From Kiddush Hashem to the rise of heroines in Soviet Yiddish literature of the 1940s
TitleFrom Kiddush Hashem to the rise of heroines in Soviet Yiddish literature of the 1940s
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number04187fv
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherYad Vashem
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp175-208
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 47 Part 1, 2019 pp175-208
Description
Examines the question of Jewish martyrdom in Soviet Yiddish literature. The article focuses on the role of the female in the Soviet Yiddish martyrological stories of these aurthors, and traces the gradual transformation of Jewish female martyrs into heroines,