For Russia with Hitler

White Russian Émigrés and the German-Soviet War

AvOleg Beyda

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The Bolshevik takeover of Russia created an alternative Russia in exile that never laid down its arms. For two decades, expelled White Russians sought ways to retaliate against the Soviet Union and return home. Their irreconcilability was galvanized by a superstructure, the dominant military organization, the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS). Eventually, militant anti-Bolshevism led the exiled Russians into alliance with Nazi Germany, despite the latter’s anti-Slavic stance. For Russia with Hitler tells the story of how thousands of White Russian émigrés joined the German invasion of the Soviet Union as soldiers, translators, and civilian workers.Oleg Beyda investigates and contextualizes émigré collaboration with National Socialist Germany, explaining how it was possible for Russians to fight against the Russians. The book reveals that the exiles, although united ideologically by Russian nationalism in a general sense, did not establish one single, clear-cut political solution for a future "liberated Russia." Drawing on wide archival material, For Russia with Hitler details the background and ideological framework of the émigrés, how they rationalized their support for Nazism, and what they did on the Eastern Front, including their reactions to life in occupation, war crimes, and the Holocaust.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-06
Mått:229 x 25 x 152 mm
Vikt:1 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487556488

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Oleg Beyda is the Hansen Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Melbourne.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Lasting Crusade: The Russian All-Military Union (ROVS) in the World of ExileThe Puzzle: Organisations and StructuresThe White Idea: ROVS IdeologyCounter-Revolution from Abroad: Defencism and Defeatism2. Swastikas Rising: Émigrés and Nazi GermanyRussian Aryans: "Aryanization" and Foreign Passports Seeking Hostilities: ROVS in Preparation for War3. A Dawn of Liberation Is Rising over Russia: Russian Military Exile and the German-Soviet War, 1941–1945Behind Bars: Arrests of Émigrés in Belgium and FranceInto the Vortex of Illusion: Émigré Assessments of the German-Soviet War, 1941–1943Swan Song: 1943–19454. A Troubled Cooperation: Russian Émigrés and the German BansUnerwünscht: German Policy on the Use of ÉmigrésKriegsentscheidend: The Wehrmacht’s Need for Émigrés 5. Forbidden but Still Marching On: Recruitment of Émigré Volunteers and Forms of InvolvementGermanyCzech ProtectorateThe General GovernmentBulgariaFranceContract Work and Civil and Military EngineeringDemobilizationÉmigrés as Soldiers from 1942 On6. Homecoming: Personal Outlooks on the War in the USSRNot Just Interpreters: The Role of White Émigrés as Mediators and Collaborators"All of Russia Is a Graveyard": Émigrés’ Assessment of the Soviet UnionThem: The Red Army, Partisans, and Soviet POWs7. "Collecting the Shards": Perspectives on Life under OccupationThe Russian Soul: Soviet Peasants and Other CiviliansThrough Their Eyes: Soviet Citizens Meet the ÉmigrésBack to the Roots: "Soviet" White Guards and Their Relatives"God Is With Us": The Church and ReligionOff Duty: Private Time and Leisure ActivitiesMourning the Fallen: Death on the German-Soviet FrontFarewell, Motherland: Reflections by White Émigrés on Their Second Exile8. Darker Shades of Field Grey: Émigrés and Nazi Occupation PolicyThe Jewish Question: Antisemitism and White Russian ÉmigrésShock, Awe, Compromise: War Crimes and ExcessesSaviours in German Uniforms: White Émigrés’ Actions to Defend the Oppressed9. The Long Defeat: Russian Military Exile after 1945Bolshevik Roulette: The White Émigrés and the End of War in EuropeVerbal Masquerade: ROVS Self-Presentation after 1945ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex