Reflections on the anticipated mass deportation of Soviet Jews

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ID6358331
AutoresVictor H Winston (Marshall University, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume31
Fascículo6
Páginas471-490
Data de publicação2015-11-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1060586x.2015.1079961
OpenAlexW1911771925
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas11

This paper investigates questions surrounding a purported plan (believed to have been interrupted and not resumed after Stalin’s death in March 1953) for the mass deportation of 2 million Soviet Jews from the European part of the country to desolate areas of Siberia, Kazakhstan, and the Arctic North. More specifically, it asks: (1) Was there such a plan, orchestrated by Stalin? (2) Were preparations undertaken to implement the plan, particularly the compilation of lists of potential Jewish deportees, assembly of cattle car echelons for their transportation, and construction of barracks at destinations? The author begins by briefly tracing the history of Stalin’s anti-Semitic campaign after World War II, summarizing the liquidation of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and the Doctors’ Plot in light of the mounting anti-Semitic campaign in the country, which reached alarming proportions during the “seven-week” period prior to Stalin’s last days. In addition to an in-depth review of Russian-language sources, the paper also is based on contacts with authors and observers with access to state archives and a private archival collection. The latter, still in a state of relative disorganization, could become a link to resolving the question of whether the plan and preparations for the anticipated mass deportation had taken place

Ancient history · Archaeology · Deportation · Immigration · Judaism · Plan (archaeology · Political science · State (computer science · The Holocaust · World War II · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Soviet and Russian History