Examination of the documents that purport to prove that Solomon Mikhoels, a famous Soviet director of the Yiddish theater, was murdered by the order of Joseph Stalin in January, 1948, in Minsk, Belorussia. This study shows that these documents are forgeries.
Author(s): Grover Furr; Vladimir L. Bobrov
Publisher: Erythrós Press and Media, LLC
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: includes external bibliography
Pages: 282
City: Kettering, OH
Contents
Acknowledgements and Dedication
Introduction
1. Before the Beria Letter
2. The "Beria letter"
3. Documents from Viktor Levashov's novel
4. Shubnyakov and the Pitovranov Trial
4a. 'New materials concerning Mikhoels' fate'
5. Official Documents that Disprove the "Stalin Had Mikhoels Murdered" Story
6. Critical Study of Kostyrchenko
6a. Kostyrchenko, Mikhoels' Death, fm Tainaia politika Stalina — tabled
6b. Kostyrchenko, Mikhoels' Death, fm Tainaia politika Stalina Tainaia ... novaia versiia (2015)
7. Kostyrchenko, Mukhin, Medvedev
8. Conclusion
9. Appendix of Russian Texts
Appendix: The Primary Documents in the Mikhoels Case in Russian and English
#1. The "Beria Letter" from Kostyrchenko, ed. Gosudarstvenniy Antisemitizm
#2. Awards Ukase, from Levashov
#3. Awards Ukase, from Kostyrchenko
#4. Ogol'tsov Confession #1 — 18 March 1953
#5. Ogol'tsov Confession #2 — 19 March 1953, fm Levashov 2002, 402–3
#6. Tsanava Interrogation — 16 April 1953, fm Levashov 2002, 403–5
#7. Shubniakov Letter, 18 March 1953
#8. Kruglov Letter — 14 January 1948, Gosudarst. Antisem., p. 106
#9. Bodunov Report, 11 February 1948
Bibliography link
Bibliography
Index
