The Doctors' Plot of 1953 - [Uniform Title: Na Rubezhe Dvukh Epokh. English]

Rapoport, Yakov L'Vovich

ISBN 10: 0674214773 / ISBN 13: 9780674214774

Published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991

About this Item

Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 280 pages; Description: viii, 280 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jews--Soviet Union--Biography. Political prisoners--Soviet Union--Biography. Refuseniks--Biography. Notes: Includes index. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Doctors' Plot of 1953 - [Uniform Title: Na Rubezhe Dvukh Epokh. English]
• Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674214773
• ISBN 13: 9780674214774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

A survivor of the Doctor's Plot of 1953 recalls his imprisonment, and describes the climate of antisemitism and the state of medicine and science during the Stalinist era

Reviews

In early 1953, Rapoport was one of a group of physicians arrested and accused of plotting to kill prominent Soviet citizens. Upon the death of Stalin, all were released and fully rehabilitated. The incident has often been interpreted as an initial stage in a series of purges that would have improved Stalin's control. Rapoport's personal account affords testimony to the anti-Jewish character of the intrigue, to the suspicion and paranoia it engendered within Soviet medical research and practice during this era, and to the author's own strength and courage. It provides added background and detail to the final chapter of Stalin's rule. For scholars and larger research collections.
- Rena Fowler, Northern Michigan Univ. Lib., Marquette
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