Tanja Penter – författare

This book is about nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia, focusing on selected sites of the Soviet atomic program, many of which have remained understudied. Nuclear operations, for energy or military purposes, demanded a vast infrastructure of production and supply chains that have transformed entire regions. In following the material traces of the atomic programs, contributors pay particular attention to memory practices and memorialization concerning nuclear legacies. Tracing the Atom foregrounds historical and contemporary engagements with nuclear politics: how have institutions and governments responded to the legacies of the atomic era? How do communities and artists articulate concerns over radioactive matters? What was the role of radiation expertise in a broader Soviet and international context of the Cold War? Examining nuclear legacies together with past atomic futures and post-Soviet memorialization and nuclear heritage shines light on how modes of knowing intersect with livelihoods, compensation policies, and historiography.Bringing together a range of disciplines – history, science and technology studies, social anthropology, literary studies, and art history – this volume offers insights that broaden our understanding of twentieth-century atomic programs and their long aftermaths.

This book is about nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia, focusing on selected sites of the Soviet atomic program, many of which have remained understudied. Nuclear operations, for energy or military purposes, demanded a vast infrastructure of production and supply chains that have transformed entire regions. In following the material traces of the atomic programs, contributors pay particular attention to memory practices and memorialization concerning nuclear legacies. Tracing the Atom foregrounds historical and contemporary engagements with nuclear politics: how have institutions and governments responded to the legacies of the atomic era? How do communities and artists articulate concerns over radioactive matters? What was the role of radiation expertise in a broader Soviet and international context of the Cold War? Examining nuclear legacies together with past atomic futures and post-Soviet memorialization and nuclear heritage shines light on how modes of knowing intersect with livelihoods, compensation policies, and historiography.Bringing together a range of disciplines – history, science and technology studies, social anthropology, literary studies, and art history – this volume offers insights that broaden our understanding of twentieth-century atomic programs and their long aftermaths.

Die junge Ukrainerin Olga beschreibt in ihrem Tagebuch die alltäglichen Erfahrungen unter deutscher Besatzungsherrschaft im Zweiten Weltkrieg in einer ukrainischen Kleinstadt. Der Vernichtungskrieg erscheint darin nicht nur als Ausnahmezustand mit unfassbarem Terror und Gewalt, sondern auch als Raum für Begegnungen mit deutschen Besatzern und neue kulturelle Erfahrungen. Ihre guten Deutschkenntnisse verschaffen Olga Arbeit und retten sie vor der Verschleppung zur Zwangsarbeit ins Reich. Das Tagebuch zeugt sowohl von Olgas beschleunigtem Erwachsenwerden und vielfältigen, auch erotischen, Horizonterweiterungen als auch von tiefgreifenden Loyalitäts- und Identitätskonflikten. Während sie sich den deutschen Feinden innerlich annähert, wird ihr Blick auf die sowjetische Heimat immer kritischer. Nach der Rückkehr der Roten Armee gerät sie als mutmaßliche Kollaborateurin ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden. Die Quellenedition wird ergänzt durch eine umfangreiche Einleitung und Kommentierung.