[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Meaning of national bourgeois

Jerry Frank jkfrank at shaw.ca
Fri Jul 18 22:58:54 PDT 2003


The phrase, "national Bourgeois" seems to be used historically in 
distinction from "capitalist Bourgeois".   The phrases appear in the same 
paragraphs.  The distinction is however elusive because I could not find a 
literal description for either.



At 07:42 PM 18/07/2003 -0600, jackmilner wrote:
>Here are my thoughts:
>
>In 1918 The Bolsheviks had become the political  power in Russia and I 
>think the
>context of Bourgeois would equate to Capitalist.  Thus, the accusation of
>National Bourgeois would imply something opposite in philosophy to 
>Socialism with
>ethnic and/or non Russian overtones.  Capitalism is definitely not 
>something the
>Soviets would be promoting in those early days of Communism.  Repression 
>by the
>Bolsheviks would fall into the category of excluding ideals unacceptable 
>to them.
>
>Jack Milner
>
>
>
>Donald Miller wrote:
>
> > I am researching the files of repressed German Baptist pastors in the State
> > Archives in Zhitomir.  On a number of occasions I have come across the
> > accusation "national bourgeois," also "world bourgeois."  What is the 
> meaning
> > of these terms as they apply to the repression of the German colonists 
> by the
> > Soviet regime.
> >
> > don miller

Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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