In her article, Juliane Furst\u00a0 makes the claim that the Soviet Union emphasized two contradictory campaigns that attempted to rebuild a war torn country that suffered many losses in both human\u00a0lives and economy.\u00a0 These losses created a problem in that many of the youth of the country were to grow up impoverished and as orphans.\u00a0 When the Party realized this, they attempted to eradicate the issue by initiating two\u00a0ideologically opposite campaigns.\u00a0 The Party attempted to attack the notion that this war would have an effect on Soviet ideals therefore discontinuing the Soviet project.\u00a0 Before the war, the Soviets\u00a0emphasized how\u00a0molding the next generation of Soviets was essential\u00a0for the survival of the Party according to Comrade Stalin.\u00a0 Children must act, be educated, and live the Socialist way in order to give hope to the Soviet people that the Tsar and\/or Capitalist way of life will not return to\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n
The only question was how was this going to be achieved? Stalin knew that if he did not target this issue directly, it would bring decimation and ruin for the continuation to the Party.\u00a0 Similar to the concept of the work camps , Stalin created the concept of the Juvenile camps.\u00a0 Essentially the camps serve as labor centers just under a different name.\u00a0 Stalin was smart to at least proclaim that the safety of the children was on the forefront of his reconstruction acts, as the propaganda of what were to happen should children fall into the Germans hands scared the whole country. Stalin was “saving” these displaced children by collectivizing them and then making them work in traditional Soviet fashion.\u00a0 I propose that with the combination of poor and malnourished children without parental protection, children chose to turn to a life of thievery or were sent to these labor camps; a\u00a0very dismal future either way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In her article, Juliane Furst\u00a0 makes the claim that the Soviet Union emphasized two contradictory campaigns that attempted to rebuild a war torn country that suffered many losses in both human\u00a0lives and economy.\u00a0 These losses created a problem in that … Continue reading