Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
] in France, 66 will let family reunions take place in 2
years or so, when requests rise. Weren't many requests. 1000 a year. Let leaders
leave, movement won't last. Then tens of thousands, surprise. Govt not ready, slow.
1 April Transition from Stalin to Stagnation, Khrushchev and the Thaw
Babi Yar poem[?], Yevtushenko, shook govt to core. Avant garde. Shostakovich
involved. Trying to keep things open. Trying to cope with past. Babi Yar kolmkend
neli. Töötasid koos? Dimensions big. Shastakovich, symphony 34.
From above vs below. SU whatever state says, goes; monolithic. This, however, is
nonsensical. Beria, KGB head, repudiated Doctor's Plot. Beria the one political victim
of this period. July 53. Diplomatic relations w IL reinstated. Cut off Feb 53, bomb in
SU Embassy, Tel Aviv (no one arrested, charged). SU begins to remove censorship
between SU Js and Js abroad. Over course of 50s, Js returned to political or
professional posts, as anti-cosmopolitan campaign winding down
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