The constructed Mennonite: history, memory, and the Second World War
"The constructed Mennonite is a unique account of a life shaped by Stalinism, Nazism, migration, famine, and war. It investigates the tenuous spaces where individual experiences inform and become public history; it studies the ways in which memory shapes identity, and reveals how context and au...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Manitoba Press
[2013]
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rußlanddeutsche
/ World War
/ Zwangsrekrutierung
/ Emigration
/ Canada
/ War prisoner
/ Mennonites
/ Poles
/ Siberia
/ Soldier
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| Further subjects: | B
Soldiers
Biography
Soviet Union
B Mennonites Biography Russia (Federation) Siberia B World War, 1939-1945 Biography B autobiographical memory B World War, 1939-1945 Influence B Soldiers Biography Germany B Storytellers Biography Manitoba B Experience account B Mennonites Biography Manitoba B Ex-prisoners of war Biography Manitoba B Immigrants Biography Manitoba B Werner, John 1917-2003 |
| Summary: | "The constructed Mennonite is a unique account of a life shaped by Stalinism, Nazism, migration, famine, and war. It investigates the tenuous spaces where individual experiences inform and become public history; it studies the ways in which memory shapes identity, and reveals how context and audience shape autobiographical discourse"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index |
| ISBN: | 0887557414 |