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Khrushchev says Stalin planned huge anti-Semitic plot in Russia

Jewish Telegraphic Agency — 19 March 1956

Reports Khrushchev's speech to the 20th Congress: Stalin meant to turn the 1953 'Jewish doctors' plot' into a great antisemitic trial; he is also accused of having the Jewish generals Yakir and Gamarnik killed. After Stalin's death the plot is acknowledged as a fabrication and the doctors are released.

Author
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Date
19 March 1956
Nature
Primary source
Document type
Wire report
Original language
English

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