Russia’s Sputnik Generation presents the life stories of eight 1967 graduates of School No. 42 in the Russian city of Saratov. Born in 1949/50; these four men and four women belong to the first generation conceived during the Soviet Union’s return to "normality" following World War II. Well educated; articulate; and loosely networked even today; they were first-graders the year the USSR launched Sputnik; and grew up in a country that increasingly distanced itself from the excesses of Stalinism. Reaching middle age during the Gorbachev Revolution; they negotiated the transition to a Russian-style market economy and remain active; productive members of society in Russia and the diaspora.In candid interviews with Donald J. Raleigh; these Soviet "baby boomers" talk about the historical times in which they grew up; but also about their everyday experiences―their family backgrounds; childhood pastimes; favorite books; movies; and music; and influential people in their lives. These personal testimonies shed valuable light on Soviet childhood and adolescence; on the reasons and course of perestroika; and on the wrenching transition that has taken place since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
#780553 in Books Yisrael Gutman 1998-04-22 1998-04-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.56 x 6.12l; 2.00 #File Name: 025320884X656 pagesAnatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. review of Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death CampBy Dr.SavageI've read several other books concerning nazi concentration camps. This book imho really didn't have much new information for me. However it took 2 days to read as I couldn't put it down. For someone who has never read or just read bits and pieces of the analogy behind some of the reasoning for the death camps you won't be disappointed.28 of 33 people found the following review helpful. Auschwitz laid bare.By John Barry KenyonThere have; of course; been many studies of Auschwitz. However; this is far and away the most comprehensive to appear. The many contributors cover the historical; sociological and psychological aspects in rigorous and scholarly style. This reviewer would pick out as particularly insightful Aleksander Lasik's analysis of the SS at the camp;whose numbers grew steadily as the war progressed;and Nathan Cohen for a gripping account of the diaries of the Sonderkommando which were found near the crematoria at Birkenau. Since the book is over 600 pages of closely argued text; it is in effect a work of reference. Fortunately; the index appears to be very good and following up subjects or characters is not difficult. There are; incidentally; two themes not really tracked here: holocaust revisionism debates nor Auschwitz as portrayed in the mass media. The editors; no doubt sensibly; have instead revealed what made Auschwitz tick and how perpetrators and victims related to their gruesome environment.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. GOODBy TERESSA30Excellent book. GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT. Very informative and interesting. It was a very pleasant surprise. Glad I bought it.
