Stalin Against the Jews

by Arkadi Vaksberg

Book Overview

Drawing on hitherto unreleased confidential files, this definitive study traces the development of Stalin's persecution of Soviet Jews, his anti-Semitic strategies, and the trumped-up prosecution of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679422072
• ISBN13: 9780679422075
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

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Behind the scenes . . . in the depths of Stalin's brain

The Bolshevik Party led by Lenin was made up, primarily, by Jews who were fighting for a "global" government that used the usual promises (equality, fraternity) to generate hope and allegiance. Jews were drawn to the slogans, which promised an end to repression, and joined the party in droves. As a result of their enthusiastic embrace of Bolshevism, Jews commanded a huge percentage of high party posts. In his drive for dominance of the USSR, Joseph Stalin faced a lot of competition from the better-educated Jewish Bolsheviks, but he determined to outsmart them all... and did. He rose to the top and then tightened his hold on all aspects of the Russian revolution by removing all rivals, Russian or Jew -- but since Jews held the majority of posts in the NKVD and party apparatus, Stalin removed comparatively large numbers of Jews. He removed leaders of the Bolshevik revolution, such as Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev, the list goes on. . . all were murdered after false charges and forced confessions followed by elaborate fake trials. Vaksberg explains how Stalin was able to decimate the Jewish communists without stimulating organized resistance. His deviousness was consummate. Even Stalin's most famous Jewish victim Trotsky, despite having to flee the USSR for his life, never accused Stalin of anti-Semitism. Vaksberg explains why. This book is essential reading for understanding the ethnic evils that have permeated Russian consciousness in regards to their leaders since the Revolution. Stalin was ruthless . . . with those who had shown themselves equally "ruthless." It is difficult to muster a lot of sympathy for the crushed communists as the Revolution mercilessly devoured its own. The Russian Revolution followed the course of most revolutions -- it ate its children. "As you sow, so shall you reap."