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I'm pretty sure this isn't true but I'm curious, got a source? Afaik they were somewhat overrepresented but never a majority and only about 5% of party members
by connorelsea 8y ago
I'm pretty sure this isn't true but I'm curious, got a source? Afaik they were somewhat overrepresented but never a majority and only about 5% of party members were Jewish although percentages in leadership were slightly higher at around 15%
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/66ecq3/were_all_or_most_well_known_communist_leaders_in/dgisthq/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/66ecq3/were_...
- patrickg_zill 8y agohttps://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-first-soviet-government-was-mostly-jewish/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-first-soviet-government-...
- connorelsea 8y agoThat is the only source I could find as well but I also found others saying it was false and that Putin was lying and misguiding
- patrickg_zill 8y agoSo the leader of a G8 country speaks to a room full of rabbis, and the news article is published in a Jewish newspaper, and there's no rebuttal or other commentary in the article ... But some guy somewhere on the internet says it's not true. Okay.
- pmoriarty 8y agoIs it possible for a leader of a G8 country to lie to room full of rabbis? What cynical times we live in.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoIt certainly is possible. However it is unlikely that at least one person wouldn't correct the record after the fact, or make sure that the article would have an opposing view mentioned.