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
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
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