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1954

from The 1950s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2023

Colin Shindler
Colin Shindler
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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The Black Years of Soviet Jewry culminated in the Doctors’ Plot of January 1953. The press campaign, arrests, imprisonment and general persecution of Soviet Jews since 1948 reached its nadir when senior doctors – the majority of whom were Jewish – were charged with attempting to poison the leaders of the Kremlin. In the USSR, the composer Mieczysław Weinberg and the leading diplomat Ivan Maisky were arrested. Jewish communal leaders in Hungary and East Germany were arrested. Ana Pauker, Romania’s former minister of foreign affairs, was arrested in February.

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Israel
A History in 100 Cartoons
 , pp. 86 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • 1954
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  • Colin Shindler, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • Book: Israel
  • Online publication: 10 January 2023
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