Hidden children in the Soviet Union between the two world wars
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Bruno Maida
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/112
Language Italian Pages 7 P. 133-139 File size 102 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2021-112009
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Besprizornye is a word which describes the orphaned and abandoned children who wandered around the countryside and the cities of the Soviet Union between the two wars. Luciano Mecacci’s book reconstructs their stories, taking as its starting point the testimonies of the children themselves. The story of the besprizornye also highlights and reflects the social and political contradictions of the Soviet Union which, in the years after the war, atttempted to eradicate a phenomenon which involved millions of children. However, their policies failed and they ended up trying to suppress the problem and to make it invisible.
Keywords: Ussr, Childhood, War, Memory
Bruno Maida, Bambini da nascondere: l’infanzia abbandonata in Urss tra le due guerre mondiali in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 112/2021, pp 133-139, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2021-112009