Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Soviet Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,1 (1987) 49-52
Keywords:
Jews History 1945-
Abstract:
A memorial was recently erected in Jerusalem to 17 Soviet Jewish cultural figures shot on 12 August 1952 and ten others who died in prison or during the purges of the 1930s-40s. A tradition has grown up around these events and most books speak of 24 Jews shot in Moscow after a secret trial. Six noted writers and actors were in fact shot on that date, but the evidence surrounding the death of other figures is circumstantial. Concludes that the account of the death of the martyrs on August 12th as told today is largely mythical and the exact fate of these Jews will remain unknown until Soviet sources are made available.
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