JWST 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Six-Day War, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Stalinism
4 Apr 2017
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Georgians and armenians also have these similar patterns. Largely due to affirmative action type programs. Shostakovich"s thirteenth symphony (1962, banned soon after) After wwii, jews flee to the west. Not so much afraid of communism as afraid of their neighbors. Though some jews do want to stay in ussr+new soviet satellite states. Czsl-kovali, believed that communism was against antisemitism, way to get back to humanity. Many leaders in bloc, esp at 2nd tier, are jewish. Of 451 pol sec police employees, 167 jewish. Reinforces association of jews w comm, even tho most jews not comms. After stalinism, idea of national road to socialism comes to the fore. Many jews intermarry in order to preserve safety. Around time of 6 day war, anti-zionist sentiments escalate, tho in this context really just antisemetic.
