War, the Holocaust and Stalinism

Shimon Redlich, born in Poland and a survivor of the Holocaust, is an internationally established scholar of the history of the Jews in Eastern Europe. He earned his degrees from the Hebrew University, Harvard and New York University. Prof. Redlich lectures on Modern European History at Ben-Gurion University, Israel.

• Part 1 First steps: the Stillborn committee; the August 1941 rally; a Jewish newspaper; organizing the committee; the May 1942 rally; the second JAFC plenary session. Part 2 The JAFC and Soviet Jewry: Jews turn to the committee; the JAFC intercedes; postwar Jewish resettlement; Jewish culture; the April 1944 rally. Part 3 The JAFC and the authorities: the Sovinformburo; the central committee; denunciations. Part 4 The JAFC and world Jewry: the Mikhoels-Fefer mission; contacts with the West; the world Jewish Congress; contacts with East European Jewry; an international progressive Jewish movement?. Part 5 The black book. Part 6 The JAFC, Soviet Jews, and Israel: letters and appeals; reports to the Central Committee; JAFC Presidium meetings; criticism of Ehrenburg's article. Part 7 Towards the end: growing criticism of the JAFC; the murder of Mikhoels; the end of the committee.