HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Six-Day War, Warsaw Pact, University Of Belgrade
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New generation, has grown up with communism, more receptive to new ideas. But in 1960s, run out of people to incorporate into workforce, growth will slow without improved productivity techniques. After 6 day war, all soviet states cut ties with israel. Purges of jews and sympathetic poles in public life. At this point most jews do emigrate. Student unrest breaks out in response to banning of play. Warsaw university goes on strike, most radical faculty closed down. Gomulka says unrest fomented by zionist cosmopolitans . Demonstrations in belgrade university, ljubljana in solidarity with polish students. Students go on occupation strike, arguing that communism in yugoslavia not marxist enough. Tito diffuses the situation, promises to consider student demands, students call off strike and go home for summer. However, tito actually begins purging students, party sympathizers. Slower to condemn stalinism because novotny had enacted stalinist purges. When khrushchev condemns stalin, things start to be reversed/come to light.
