In my gut I feel that anti-Semitism under Stalin is an anti-communist propaganda piece. However I really don't know and it's totally possible. I have heard both that anti-Semitism was illegal, but also about this anti-cosmopolitan doctrine and other things like the doctor plot.
The press used the Jewish names of accused intentionally, both during purges and the Doctors Plot. The latter had fuck all to do with Stalin himself, but antisemitism clearly was a thing you could do, and get away with. Making it illegal does not mean people won't do tropes or just avoid getting in trouble while being assholes.
Though this stuff got worse in places after Stalin, particularly in Poland
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Didn't Stalin make it punishable by death to be anti-semitic?
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In my gut I feel that anti-Semitism under Stalin is an anti-communist propaganda piece. However I really don't know and it's totally possible. I have heard both that anti-Semitism was illegal, but also about this anti-cosmopolitan doctrine and other things like the doctor plot.
Does.anyone know what's real about this topic?
The press used the Jewish names of accused intentionally, both during purges and the Doctors Plot. The latter had fuck all to do with Stalin himself, but antisemitism clearly was a thing you could do, and get away with. Making it illegal does not mean people won't do tropes or just avoid getting in trouble while being assholes.
Though this stuff got worse in places after Stalin, particularly in Poland