Stalin was fighting with Jewish culture and in fact
You've linked to a wikipedia article about claims and accusations that have NO EVIDENCE. There are for sure claims that Stalin was antisemitic, but claims are not evidence.
Some cite the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact as evidence, but only an absolute and deliberate misunderstanding of the armistice could reach this conclusion.
Notable are the following:
Regarding the identification of Jewish persons in publication, as per Van Ree's The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin
Why Mal’tsev, and then Rovinskii between brackets? What’s the matter here? How long will this continue …? If a man chose a literary pseudonym for himself, it’s his right…. But apparently someone is glad to emphasise that this person has a double surname, to emphasise that he is a Jew…. Why create anti-Semitism?
At the 15th Congress he made clear
that any traces of anti-Semitism, even among workers and in the party is an ‘evil’ that ‘must be combated, comrades, with all ruthlessness’
The constitution, which Stalin oversaw, indicated that the punishment for any Antisemitism could be quite harsh and in any case the attitude is illegal.
Materially, the Soviets were second to none in the rescue of Jews from the wrath of the nazis.
Here too are some passages from The Soviets Expected It by Anna Louise Strong:
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If that's not enough for you let's go through some others in my bookmarks:
You should also listen to the podcast the Minyan. It’s a podcast of communist Jews. In this episode, they talk about the alleged antisemitism of Stalin. Using resources and cross referencing, they are able to debunk pretty much all of these accusations.
Another option is to look into the story of David Dragunsky, a Soviet Jewish war hero who was revered throughout the post-war era of the USSR, seen as a symbol of Jewish Antifascism and a large anti-war voice.
There’s also the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, which ordered by Stalin was a group of Jewish cultural icons dedicated to bolstering anti-Nazi sentiment by raising the plague of antisemitism in Nazi Germany. For any comrades looking into this they should know in advance that this entity is usually spun in a really weird way by Western sources, so be weary of anti-communist biases around it. Sergei Eisenstein, Solomon Mikhoels, and other notable Soviet Jews were participants. The Western rhetoric around it was that it existed only to pretend that the USSR wasn’t antisemitic, but one, where else did this exist? And two, if the Communist Party didn’t want people to know about antisemitism, why make an organization that raises awareness of it?
Most of the "soviet union is antisemitic" bullshit begins not in the 30s, not even in the 50s. The tension and campaign to spread this mostly began after 1967 and 1975. When Israel invaded the West Bank in 67, the USSR spoke out and officially condemned Zionism. It was at this point that Golda Meir started to decry antisemitism in the USSR. This furthered in 75 when the USSR passed a UN resolution that flatly said that Zionism is Racism, and Palestinians are engaging in a decolonial struggle. After this the “Free Soviet Jewry” campaign really took off. This is the same bullshit they still do today. You criticize Israel, you’re an antisemite. It's a disgusting smear tactic that started in 1967 with the USSR and has been used frequently ever since.
Laslty, when Paul Robeson, a black american and Communist went to the USSR, he said it was the first time he felt like a full human being.
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It is extremely difficult to believe that the USSR somehow made him feel this, but was also terrorizing it’s own Jewish population. That somehow the whole country was absent of racism for Paul as a black man but was also carrying out a terror campaign against Jews? At a time pre-civil rights in the US.
Most of it is cut together parts of a few things I've come across over time which I often feel a bit awkward about calling "effort". I am also really disorganised about keeping links to any originals I just slice things that are good and bookmark. I always got this small background feeling someone who originally wrote something I liked and saved for later use will notice and call me out for it one day.
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You've linked to a wikipedia article about claims and accusations that have NO EVIDENCE. There are for sure claims that Stalin was antisemitic, but claims are not evidence.
Some cite the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact as evidence, but only an absolute and deliberate misunderstanding of the armistice could reach this conclusion.
Notable are the following:
Regarding the identification of Jewish persons in publication, as per Van Ree's The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin
At the 15th Congress he made clear
The constitution, which Stalin oversaw, indicated that the punishment for any Antisemitism could be quite harsh and in any case the attitude is illegal.
Materially, the Soviets were second to none in the rescue of Jews from the wrath of the nazis.
Russia Helped 1,750,000 Jews to Escape Nazis
Here too are some passages from The Soviets Expected It by Anna Louise Strong:
If that's not enough for you let's go through some others in my bookmarks:
You should also listen to the podcast the Minyan. It’s a podcast of communist Jews. In this episode, they talk about the alleged antisemitism of Stalin. Using resources and cross referencing, they are able to debunk pretty much all of these accusations.
Another option is to look into the story of David Dragunsky, a Soviet Jewish war hero who was revered throughout the post-war era of the USSR, seen as a symbol of Jewish Antifascism and a large anti-war voice.
There’s also the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, which ordered by Stalin was a group of Jewish cultural icons dedicated to bolstering anti-Nazi sentiment by raising the plague of antisemitism in Nazi Germany. For any comrades looking into this they should know in advance that this entity is usually spun in a really weird way by Western sources, so be weary of anti-communist biases around it. Sergei Eisenstein, Solomon Mikhoels, and other notable Soviet Jews were participants. The Western rhetoric around it was that it existed only to pretend that the USSR wasn’t antisemitic, but one, where else did this exist? And two, if the Communist Party didn’t want people to know about antisemitism, why make an organization that raises awareness of it?
Stalin was revered among a significant amount of Jews at the time. Obviously the link is from an Israeli paper, so it has some lame takes.
Most of the "soviet union is antisemitic" bullshit begins not in the 30s, not even in the 50s. The tension and campaign to spread this mostly began after 1967 and 1975. When Israel invaded the West Bank in 67, the USSR spoke out and officially condemned Zionism. It was at this point that Golda Meir started to decry antisemitism in the USSR. This furthered in 75 when the USSR passed a UN resolution that flatly said that Zionism is Racism, and Palestinians are engaging in a decolonial struggle. After this the “Free Soviet Jewry” campaign really took off. This is the same bullshit they still do today. You criticize Israel, you’re an antisemite. It's a disgusting smear tactic that started in 1967 with the USSR and has been used frequently ever since.
Here’s a video of a Soviet Jew discussing how the USSR practiced “anti-antisemitism”.
Laslty, when Paul Robeson, a black american and Communist went to the USSR, he said it was the first time he felt like a full human being.
It is extremely difficult to believe that the USSR somehow made him feel this, but was also terrorizing it’s own Jewish population. That somehow the whole country was absent of racism for Paul as a black man but was also carrying out a terror campaign against Jews? At a time pre-civil rights in the US.
Good write-up, you should this to /c/effort if you haven't already.
Most of it is cut together parts of a few things I've come across over time which I often feel a bit awkward about calling "effort". I am also really disorganised about keeping links to any originals I just slice things that are good and bookmark. I always got this small background feeling someone who originally wrote something I liked and saved for later use will notice and call me out for it one day.
You’re equating de-Nazification efforts in the USSR of the Stalin administration to the literal Third Reich
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you: Stalin genocided the jews
you 80 years ago: the judeo-Bolshevik agenda is ruining america!