Silence Was Salvation: Child Survivors of Stalin's Terror and World War II in the Soviet Union

by Cathy A. Frierson

Roughly ten million children were victims of political repression in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist era. As the sons and daughters of Soviet citizens considered by the regime to be dangerous to the political order, these children lost parents, siblings, homes, educational and work opportunities, and, in many cases, their physical health. From 2005 to 2007, Cathy A. Frierson conducted in-depth interviews with grown victims who survived the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300179456
• ISBN13: 9780300179453
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"