STALINS WAR AGAINST THE JEWS THE DOCTORS PLOT & THE SOVIET SOLUTION (The Second thoughts series)
Anti-Semitic acts and policies were a continuous policy during the long career of Joseph Stalin, according to Rapoport, writer on the Jerusalem Post. Beginning in childhood and seminary training, through his 1913 essay on the nationality question and years of leadership, Stalin found ways to persecute minority groups. The Doctor's Plot, which came to light in January 1953, is here seen as the culmination of a long campaign of persecution and terror against Jewish artists and intellectuals. This is the first work to treat the Doctor's Plot fully, placing it in the context of both Soviet history and Stalin's personal world view. Rapoport concludes that Stalin probably intended a "final solution" to the Jewish problem in the Soviet Union, including mass deportations to labor camps. A worthwhile contribution for specialists.- Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New YorkCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.