Manchester University Press
3 Stalin’s Last Purge
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Alan Rosenthal
Abstract
One of the things that the author had really liked over the years was the possibility of giving documentary workshops in different countries. He would do a film dealing with Communism, and Stalin and the Jews from 1939-1953. Stalin's Last Purge examines the last days of Stalin, and the brutal actions of the KGB. The start of the film proper would give us a short introductory look at Stalin up to 1939, and introduce the idea that though the Communist party proclaimed freedom it also persecuted Russian orthodoxy and Jewish tradition. The start of the Second World War shows us the rise of Stalin, the political work of a few Jews at the start of the new regime, and their almost total banishment from the scene by 1939. The main event at the end of the film was clearly the death of Stalin.
Abstract
One of the things that the author had really liked over the years was the possibility of giving documentary workshops in different countries. He would do a film dealing with Communism, and Stalin and the Jews from 1939-1953. Stalin's Last Purge examines the last days of Stalin, and the brutal actions of the KGB. The start of the film proper would give us a short introductory look at Stalin up to 1939, and introduce the idea that though the Communist party proclaimed freedom it also persecuted Russian orthodoxy and Jewish tradition. The start of the Second World War shows us the rise of Stalin, the political work of a few Jews at the start of the new regime, and their almost total banishment from the scene by 1939. The main event at the end of the film was clearly the death of Stalin.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- List of tables viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Learning the ropes 8
- 2 Married to the Marimba 23
- 3 Stalin’s Last Purge 56
- 4 Inspiration 95
- 5 Adolf Eichmann 111
- 6 The Brink of Peace 143
- 7 The First Fagin 180
- 8 Pitch perfect 214
- 9 Beyond the Velvet Curtain 223
- 10 Best advice 241
- 11 Hopes and Dreams 253
- Appendix 271
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- List of tables viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Learning the ropes 8
- 2 Married to the Marimba 23
- 3 Stalin’s Last Purge 56
- 4 Inspiration 95
- 5 Adolf Eichmann 111
- 6 The Brink of Peace 143
- 7 The First Fagin 180
- 8 Pitch perfect 214
- 9 Beyond the Velvet Curtain 223
- 10 Best advice 241
- 11 Hopes and Dreams 253
- Appendix 271
- Index 273
