Tag #151595 - Interview #78173 (Seraphima Gurevich)

In 1948 the campaign against 'cosmopolitans' [9]. It was also felt in Chernovtsy. Many lecturers at higher educational institutions lost their jobs. Anti-Semitism was forced artificially into the society. The Jewish school and theater were closed at that time. The Jewish anti-fascist committee in Moscow was closed and its members were arrested. Jewish writers were not published. I was particularly sorry that they stopped publishing works by Ilya Erenburg [10]. I was fond of his books and articles, especially his article about Babi Yar [11]. The stronger the anti- Semitism was, the more I felt I was a Jew.