Fascism in Manchuria: The Soviet-China Encounter in the 1930s

276 Pages·2016·1.71 MB·English

by  Suzanne Hohler

Susanne Hohler is Postdoctoral Researcher of History at Heidelberg
University. She has won several scholarships for her work on this period
and isanexpert onRussianfascism.
“TheAll-RussianFascistPartyisoneofthelargestandearliestRussian
exilefascistorganisationsintheFarEast.AccordingtoSusanneHohler,
oneoutofthreechildren/youngadultswasindirect orindirectcontact
withthemembersoftheAll-RussianFascistParty.Hohlerdemonstrates
this astonishing ability to mobilise civil society in detail through a
convincing analysis of a variety of sources and material. This marks a
valuable contribution to the field.”
Sven Reichardt, Professor of Modern History,
University of Konstanz
FASCISM IN
MANCHURIA
The Soviet–China Encounter in the 1930s
S H
USANNE OHLER
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction 1
1. The Setting: Harbin 18
2. The All-Russian Fascist Party 44
3. “Dark” Civil Society 65
4. Russian Fascists and Harbin Civil Society 97
5. Russian Fascists, Anti-Semitism and the Public 134
Conclusion 170
Notes 174
Bibliography 235
Index 257
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book is a version of my dissertation, which was originally
entitled “Grassroots Fascism: The Sinister Side of Civil Society and
Public Opinion in Harbin 1933–1937” and submitted to the
UniversityofHeidelberg.TheClusterofExcellence“EuropeandAsia
in a Global Context” provided me not only with generous funding,
but also an inspiring academic environment. I want to thank all
membersoftheClusterfortheirsupportinrecentyears,especiallymy
colleagues in the Junior Research Group “Harbin” So¨ren Urbansky,
Xin Yuan, Rudolf Ng, Christian Sto¨rz and, first and foremost,
our “leader” Dr. Frank Gru¨ner and my supervisor Prof. Dr. Heinz-
Dietrich Lo¨we.
Many people at various institutions and archives also deserve my
sinceregratitude,includingthestaffoftheJabotinskyInstituteinTel
Aviv and the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry in
Jerusalem, as well as the National Archives and Record Adminis-
tration in Maryland and the Hoover Archive, Stanford. I am
particularly indebted to the staff of the Slavonic Library in Prague,
whowerealwayswillingtohelpmetofindsourcesthathadbeenlost
in translation somewhere between card index and online search
engines.
Last but not least, I thank Crystal, who showed me Harbin; my
parents, Walter, Ilona; and Andreas for always being supportive,
listening to long monologues about faraway Russians and showing an