THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Stalin's Anti-Semitism and Years
of Terror, Exposed by Medvedev
Stalin's anti-Semitism,
his purge of many promi-
nent Communists and Yid-
dish writers, are included in
an expose of the Communist
dictator's brutalities in /On
Stalin and Stalinism" by
Roy A. Medvedev (Oxford
University Press).
Medvedev, whose earlier
works revealed the at-
rocities in the USSR, points
to the terror that was per-
petrated by Stalin in the
1930s and thereafter, as
well as the horrors that be-
came part of the Stalin re-
gime in the 1950s.
JOSEF STALIN
In his expose, Medvedev
states:
suspect deception of any
"I hardly need mention kind!
"After dinner, Robeson
the mass terror against the
basic cadres of party and went to his hotel room,
state in the second half of Fadeyev returned home,
the '30s. Starting with the and Fefer was escorted
annihilation of the leaders back to his prison cell by
and members of all opposi- the 'interpreter'. He was
tion groupings, this terror shot soon after along
caused the deaths of more with other Jewish
than one million party writers and poets.
"Why did he play along
members who had borne the
brunt of civil war, the tran- with his executioners? Most
likely
because, as was usual
sitional period, and the first
in such cases, they promised
Five-Year Plan.
"I hardly need mention improved conditions for him
Stalin's policy of subor- and his comrades, although
dinating the entire party to (as was also usual) with no
the control of the secret intention of keeping this
police, its power and promise."
Especially valuable as an
authority extended beyond
historical record in Med-
measure.
"Nor is there any need to vedev's account of the at-
mention Stalin's revival of rocities is the Stalin plot to
Great Russian chauvinism, deport many minorities in
the deportation of many his scheme of annihilating
peoples of the USSR from opposition, and especially
their native lands, or his his desire to deport the
anti-Semitic policies which Jewish population to
led to the physical destruc- Siberia.
This is where Ilya Ehren-
tion of the most brilliant
representatives of Jewish burg plays a notable role
culture and his plans for the
deportation of all Jews to Dayan Sought
remote regions of the Talk with Arafat
USSR."
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Ac-
Especially noteworthy is cording to Moshe Dayan's
the reference to the persecu- autobiography, "Avney De-
tion of the Jewish cultural
rech," Dayan has made at
forces. Among the victims of least two attempts, through
Stalinism was Itzik Fefer.
jailed Palestinian ter-
Medvedev relates how
rorists, to meet with Yasir
the pro-Soviet American,
Arafat. The first attempt
Paul Robeson, was mis-
was in 1968.
led into believing there
Dayan has also met with
would be tolerance of a eight Palestine Liberation
sort under Stalin. The in-
Organization figures living
cident involving Fefer in Israel.
and Robeson relates:
According to Dayan,
"Robeson was very dis-
"Notwithstanding the fact
turbed by rumors that Fefer
that we are regarded as a
and other Jewish writers
occupying force and that all
had been arrested. He de-
Israelis are considered to be
manded an explanation and
intruders who have usurped
was prepared to resign from
the Arab homeland and
the World Peace Council as
converted into a Jewish
a sign of protest. They in-
state, I believe that talks
duced him, however, to
face-to-face will bring us
come to Moscow, promising closer to one another. Even
to arrange a meeting with
if we remain completely di-
Fefer.
vided in our opinions we
"This meeting was post-
will, at least, understand
poned several times because
one another."
it was necessary to prepare
Israel Budget
the arrested Fefer for the
encounter and fatten him
Addition
OKd
up. The long-awaited
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
dinner finally took place in
Finance Minister Yigal
the restaurant of the Hotel
Hurwitz's "economic
Metropole.
cabinet"
approved an IL 100
"Seated at the table were
billion addition to the na-
Paul Robeson, Itzik Fefer,
tional budget for the cur-
an 'interpreter' who was
presented as a friend of rent fiscal year Monday.
The budget for the cur-
Fefer, and Alexander
rent fiscal year ending
Fadeyev. Fefer was well
March
31,1980, stood origi-
dressed and played his part
nally at IL 324 billion.
beautifully. Robeson did not
among the few who defied
the dictator.
Ehrenburg was the lead-
ing Russian journalist in his
day. He was accepted in
government circles and was
virtually a protagonist of
the ruling powers. But
when he was asked to join
the list of important Com-
munist members who
signed a statement endors-
ing the deportations, he re-
fused. He expected repris-
als, and awaited "punish-
ment." It was averted and
this defiance was among the
creditable factors in Ehren-
burg's career.
In the studies of the
anti-Semitic, terrorist acts
that were engineered by
Stalin, Medvedev's "On Sta-
lin and Stalinism" assumes
major significance.
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