„Wykazują najwyższą skłonność do emigracji”: exodus Żydów z Imperium Rosyjskiego. Mikrohistoria wybranych sztetli Podlasia
‘They Show a Strong Inclination for Emigration’: the Exodus of Jews from the Russian Empire. A Microhistory of Selected Shtetls in Podlasie
Author(s): Wojciech KonończukSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Social history, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Antisemitism, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: emigration; Jews; Russian Empire; Podlasie; Grodno Guberniia;
Summary/Abstract: In 1881–1914, two million Jews emigrated from the Russian Empire, with 78 percent of them settling in the United States of America. The article focuses on the local dimension of the great migration. Two towns in Podlasie (Bielsk and Orle), mostly inhabited by Jews, serve as the case study. An attempt is made to estimate the size of the Jewish migration and to reveal its anatomy, including questions related to getting passports, illegal border crossing, and the attitude of the authorities to the Jewish exodus.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 127/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 599-633
- Page Count: 35
- Language: Polish