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Book SynopsisPaths of Thorns is the story of Jacob Abramovich Neufeld (18951960), a prominent Soviet Mennonite leader and writer, as well as one of these Mennonites sent to the Gulag.
Trade Review'Path of Thorns is easily the most substantial published first-person account of Soviet Mennonite life from the 1920s through the Second World War.' -- Benjamin W. Goossen Nova Religio vol 20:02:2016 'A highly readable translation of Neufeld's writings... Dyck offers new insights into how Soviet interrogators weaved grand narratives, drawing friends and colleagues to implicate each other and themselves in fabricated crimes. This adds a deeper understanding of the world in which Neufeld's experiences unfolded.' -- Aileen Friesen The Russian Review vol 73:04:2014 'The book provides an important firsthand account of life in the gulag and a unique perspective on the Nazi invasion of Ukraine.' -- Colin P. Neufeldt The Mennonite Quarterly, April 2015 'Harvey Dyck has done a splendid job of translating Neufeld's dense and intelligent prose and offering an insightful analysis.' -- Royden Loewen University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
Table of ContentsMaps Introduction and Analysis, Harvey L. Dyck PART I. MY PATH OF THORNS PART II. 'TIEFENWEGE (TRAGIC PASSAGES),' 1929-1949 Section One: New Directions and Shattering Experiments, 1928-1939 Section Two: World War II, Bolshevik Collapse and German Occupation, 1941-1943 Section Three: The Great Trek, 1943-1944 Section Four: Germany's Collapse, 1944-1945 Section Five: Allied Occupation and Emigration, 1945-1949 PART III. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTER TO WIFE, LENE NOTES
