Židé z Československa v sovětských lágrech
Jews from Czechoslovakia in Soviet prison camps

Summary/Abstract: Dvořák, Jan and Adam Hradilek: Židé v Gulagu: Sovětské pracovní a zajatecké tábory za druhé světové války ve vzpomínkách židovských uprchlíků z Československa. Prague: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů, 2017, 293 pp., ISBN 978-80-87912-93-5. Taking note of the fact that research of the persecution of Jews during the WWII is advanced and well-developed, the reviewer appreciates that the publication titled Jews in the Gulag: Soviet labour and prison camps during WW2 in recollections of Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia deals with a specific group of victims which has hitherto escaped the attention of historians. The book captures the fate of Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia who, after the country’s destruction in 1938–1939, found themselves in the territory of the Soviet Union and ended up in its jails or labour and prison camps. The authors present testimonies of about twenty such victims, plus four accompanying studies in which they explain the historical context from various perspectives. The reviewer appreciates their conceptual approach, rich heuristics, accuracy of the studies, and meticulous editorial work with recorded statements of the contemporary witnesses.

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