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Return to the Motherland: A Soviet Woman’s Journey from Nazi Germany to Stalin’s Gulag
February 2, 2022 at 12:50 pm - 1:40 pm
Event Description:
Nazi Germany took millions of people from occupied Eastern Europe to the Third Reich as prisoners and forced laborers. After World War II, more than five million returned to the USSR. One was Nadezhda Severilova, a teenager from Kyiv. Her postwar journey took her across Europe under multiple identities and ultimately resulted in her arrest at the hands of Stalin’s secret police. Severilova’s case was remarkable, but it was also typical of the agency of postwar Soviet displaced persons and the Stalinist pursuit of order via repression after the chaos of war.
Featured Speaker:Â Seth Bernstein, History, UF
Moderator:Â Sheryl Kroen, History, UF
