For Russia with Hitler

White Russian Émigrés and the German-Soviet War

Oleg Beyda (Autor)

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392 Seiten

2024
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-5648-8 (ISBN)

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This book explores the active involvement of Russian exiles in the Second World War, with thousands of émigrés fighting alongside Hitler.

The Bolshevik takeover of Russia created an alternative Russia in exile that never laid down its arms. For two decades, expelled White Russians sought ways to retaliate against the Soviet Union and return home. Their irreconcilability was galvanized by a superstructure, the dominant military organization, the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS). Eventually, militant anti-Bolshevism led the exiled Russians into alliance with Nazi Germany, despite the latter’s anti-Slavic stance. For Russia with Hitler tells the story of how thousands of White Russian émigrés joined the German invasion of the Soviet Union as soldiers, translators, and civilian workers.

Oleg Beyda investigates and contextualizes émigré collaboration with National Socialist Germany, explaining how it was possible for Russians to fight against the Russians. The book reveals that the exiles, although united ideologically by Russian nationalism in a general sense, did not establish one single, clear-cut political solution for a future “liberated Russia.” Drawing on wide archival material, For Russia with Hitler details the background and ideological framework of the émigrés, how they rationalized their support for Nazism, and what they did on the Eastern Front, including their reactions to life in occupation, war crimes, and the Holocaust.

Oleg Beyda is the Hansen Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Melbourne.

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Lasting Crusade: The Russian All-Military Union (ROVS) in the World of Exile

The Puzzle: Organisations and Structures
The White Idea: ROVS Ideology
Counter-Revolution from Abroad: Defencism and Defeatism

2. Swastikas Rising: Émigrés and Nazi Germany

Russian Aryans: “Aryanization” and Foreign Passports
Seeking Hostilities: ROVS in Preparation for War

3. A Dawn of Liberation Is Rising over Russia: Russian Military Exile and the German-Soviet War, 1941–1945

Behind Bars: Arrests of Émigrés in Belgium and France
Into the Vortex of Illusion: Émigré Assessments of the German-Soviet War, 1941–1943
Swan Song: 1943–1945

4. A Troubled Cooperation: Russian Émigrés and the German Bans

Unerwünscht: German Policy on the Use of Émigrés
Kriegsentscheidend: The Wehrmacht’s Need for Émigrés

5. Forbidden but Still Marching On: Recruitment of Émigré Volunteers and Forms of Involvement

Germany
Czech Protectorate
The General Government
Bulgaria
France
Contract Work and Civil and Military Engineering
Demobilization
Émigrés as Soldiers from 1942 On

6. Homecoming: Personal Outlooks on the War in the USSR

Not Just Interpreters: The Role of White Émigrés as Mediators and Collaborators
“All of Russia Is a Graveyard”: Émigrés’ Assessment of the Soviet Union
Them: The Red Army, Partisans, and Soviet POWs

7. “Collecting the Shards”: Perspectives on Life under Occupation

The Russian Soul: Soviet Peasants and Other Civilians
Through Their Eyes: Soviet Citizens Meet the Émigrés
Back to the Roots: “Soviet” White Guards and Their Relatives
“God Is With Us”: The Church and Religion
Off Duty: Private Time and Leisure Activities
Mourning the Fallen: Death on the German-Soviet Front
Farewell, Motherland: Reflections by White Émigrés on Their Second Exile

8. Darker Shades of Field Grey: Émigrés and Nazi Occupation Policy

The Jewish Question: Antisemitism and White Russian Émigrés
Shock, Awe, Compromise: War Crimes and Excesses
Saviours in German Uniforms: White Émigrés’ Actions to Defend the Oppressed

9. The Long Defeat: Russian Military Exile after 1945

Bolshevik Roulette: The White Émigrés and the End of War in Europe
Verbal Masquerade: ROVS Self-Presentation after 1945

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2024
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 231 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4875-5648-9 / 1487556489
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-5648-8 / 9781487556488
Zustand	Neuware