During World War II. the Soviet high command did not bother to organize in time the evacuation of Jews from frontline districts. and as a result they were massacred by the Nazis. The Soviet lists of victims of the Nazis during World War II do not contain the names of Jews. Further details of this Soviet perfidy can be found in Solomon Schwarz authoritative study: Jews in the Soviet Union. The establishment of the tiny State of Israel In 1948 stimulated the desire of many Soviet Jews to emigrate. In order to discourage such a move. the Soviet Government made accusations against Israel and its policies and against international Zionism. This was done at the show trial in Prague of Rudolf Slansky.
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