Tag #147164 - Interview #77954 (Miron Manilov)

In 1943, all headquarters received a circular letter from the state political department [GPU] [31] of the army: to avoid promotion of Jews in middle and high ranks and award Jews as little as possible. I think that it was strictly observed by established posts. But in spite of that discrimination, Jews took the second place among the military awardees following Russians and that considering that there were 100 nations in the USSR. There are 150 Heroes of the Soviet Union [32] among the Jews, who totaled two million in the USSR before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War.