Aspects of Romanian Stalinism's History: Ana Pauker, A Victim of Anti-Semitism?
Aspects of Romanian Stalinism's History: Ana Pauker, A Victim of Anti-Semitism?
Author(s): Pavel CâmpeanuSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Victimology, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, History of Antisemitism, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Romania; Ana Pauker; Socialism; Romanian Stalinism; anti-Semitism; regime victims;
Summary/Abstract: Born in 1893 in a village in Moldavia (eastern Romania), a daughter of a Jewish religious leader, Ana Pauker moved to Bucharest, Romania's capital, as a young girl. There she eventually joined the old socialist movement, also embraced by her future husband, Marcel Pauker. According to Vladimir Tismaneanu, she was "probably the leading figure of Romanian Stalinism. " An instructor in the Komintern with the French Communist party in the early 1930s, Ana Pauker was arrested by the Romanian authorities in 1935. Her trial had a strong impact both in Romania and abroad. Sentenced to 10 years in jail, she became a world class celebrity, her name being given to an artillery unit of the International Brigade fighting in the Spanish civil war. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 15/2001
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 157-178
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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