This is an introduction to the themed collection of essays that comprise this issue of the Journal of European Studies. It outlines the recent upsurge in scholarly and popular interest in the writing of the Soviet author Vasily Grossman, and the various different perspectives from which his work has been analysed. It also discusses the genesis and proceedings of the workshop in Oxford in September 2011 at which earlier versions of the papers contained in this issue were delivered.
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