Life and Death in Besieged Leningrad, 1941-1944

Life and Death in Besieged Leningrad, 1941-1944
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Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781403938824
ISBN-13 : 1403938822
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Book Synopsis Life and Death in Besieged Leningrad, 1941-1944 by : J. Barber

Download or read book Life and Death in Besieged Leningrad, 1941-1944 written by J. Barber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1941-1944 Leningrad saw by far the largest-scale famine ever to occur in a developed society. This book examines the nature and consequences of the extreme conditions created by the German blockade of Leningrad between September 1941 and January 1944. Using declassified documents from Party and State archives in Moscow and St Petersburg and interviews with survivors, the authors have produced the most informed and detailed analysis to date of the impact of the siege on the lives and health of the people of Leningrad.


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