Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
Ehrenburg, Vassily Grossberg[?]. J suffering not highlighted in same way that
Ukrainian, Est suffering was not raised up. Group effort. SU very heartily went after
collaborators, lynched. Diff between knowing and publishing. Censored Black Book.
Comparative victimization in Euro. Sure the Js suffered, but so did we. No less than
what Js suffered. Makes Russ appear genocidal.
Russia or SU, interior provinces 9/10 X just in Euro Russ, Tambov, Kazan, Nizhni
Novgorod, Rostov.
Oil from Baku before, Rothschilds. E of Urals, eksotic, unimportant until 60s and 70s,
start hitting oil. Russia today couldn't survive w/o E oil and minerals, like
magnesium, titanium.
Were Russians in living in Ukraine, Caucasus, other areas before SU?
11 March
Js in Crimea, more interested in Russia. Some for Russia, but don't want annexation.
Diplomatic solution. Many sides. Propaganda Ukrainian roots to village. Current
female leader, hair style. 1950s, Khrushchev granted Criemea to Ukraine. Social-