Vasily Grossman

In His Two Great Novels, Vasily Grossman Exposed the Similarities between Nazism and Communism, and Their Shared Consequences for the Jews

Stalingrad.

Gary Saul Morson
Sept. 27 2019 12:01AM

In Becoming a Jewish Novelist, Vasily Grossman Also Became a Great One

Disillusionment with Communism went hand in hand with an embrace of Jewishness.

Joseph Epstein
May 21 2019 12:01AM

The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism, and the Realities of Jewish Bolsheviks

Refuting an anti-Semitic libel need not involve papering over Soviet crimes.

Gary Saul Morson
Jan. 14 2019 12:01AM

The Soviet Union’s Great World War II Novel—and the Great Novel of Soviet Jewry

Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate.

Jacob Howland
Oct. 5 2018 12:01AM

Life and Fate

Vasily Grossman’s magnum opus, Life and Fate, ranks among the greatest novels ever written about World War II. The USSR banned it—among other reasons, for. . .

Sam Sacks
June 27 2013 12:00AM