In particular Jewish lecturers at Odessa such as Krein and Livsic were dismissed from their posts. Potapov was not Jewish but he wrote an article attacking the policy of dismissing Jewish lecturers:
Sa mga partikular na Jewish lecturers at Odessa tulad ng Krein at Livsic ay awas mula sa kanilang mga posts. Potapov ay hindi Hudyo ngunit wrote siya ng isang article-atake sa patakaran ng pagpapaalis Jewish lecturers: