Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist"This is not a psychodrama. Rather, this is a sociopolitical tragedy, extremely valuable, deeply researched, and fascinating. There is very little that is as important as this book about any of the top communist leaders other than the most famous ones such as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao. . . .The subject is so important, the book so well done and so revealing, and the human interest so compelling, Levy's book will become one of the essential works on the history of communism in Eastern Europe."—Daniel Chirot, author of Modern Tyrants "This outstanding, thought-provoking political biography of one of the most prominent figures of European communism offers an original and balanced approach to Pauker's contradictory role in the history of both Romanian and international communism. . . . Engagingly written and very convincingly structured, this is not a dry historical account but a vivid reconstruction of a turbulent political life."—Vladimir Tismaneanu, author of Fantasies of Salvation |
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Agrarian Section Alexandru Drăghici Ana Pauker Inquiry Ana Toma anti-Semitism April Archives of Romania arrested ASRI Bodnăraş Bucharest Cancelarie CC al PCR CC al PCR—Cancelarie Central Committee Charlotte Gruia Chişinevschi collective farms collectivization Comintern Comrade Council of Ministers December Dej's Dosar Executive Archive February Fond CC Fond Consiliul Gheorghe Brătescu interview Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Pintilie Ibid Interior Ministry Interrogation of Ana Interrogation of Solomon Interrogation of Vasile Iosif Israel Israeli January Jewish emigration Jews July June 18 kulaks Luca's Lucrețiu Patraşcanu Marcel Pauker March Meeting Mihai Moghioroş Moscow Moses Rosen National Archives November October Party Commission Established party leadership party's Pauker Inquiry File peasants Plenary Politburo political prison purge R.C.P. Commission Radu Report reportedly Scānteia Secretariat secretary September Solomon Rabinsohn Sorin Toma Soviet Union Stalin Tatiana and Gheorghe Teohari Georgescu tion tional Archives Toma interview Transcript trial Vasile Luca veterans York Zalman Zilber Zionist