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Title: The Nazification of Russia: Antisemitism in the Post-Soviet Era by Semyon Reznik, Semen Krasnoe I Korichnevoe Reznik, Maureen Martin, Greg Kapelyn ISBN: 0-9651360-9-4 Publisher: Challenge Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Summary: Russia rewakens to Nazi past - Reknown writer warns
Comment: Contrary to what is widely believed in the U.S., anti-Semitism and ultranationalism in Russia have not declined after the collapse of the Soviet regime, but gained new momentum, turning into an organized political and social movement. Ultranationalistic forces heavily influence Russian parliament and some key executive offices. They enjoy a considerable support from Russian Orthodox Church, law enforcement agencies and other important institutions. The possibility that they can take over the control over government is quite real. The national-communist leader Gennady Zyuganov receiving 30 million votes is a clear signal. This dangerous trend in today's Russian society has been analyzed in detail in The Nazification of Russia by Semyon Reznik. Mr. Reznik is a historian, journalist and novelist with a Russian-Jewish background. He authored twelve books, including four on the Russian anti-Semitism, which he has been studying fore more than twenty years. The Nazification of Russia--his first book in English-- summarizes his more than 20-year extensive research. Xenophobia and antisemitism have been an essential part of so called Russian idea for at least last two centuries. Hence what is going on today is a natural continuation of a strong tradition. Mr. Reznik's book gives a vivid description of this social disease. Thus, in the chapter "Blood Libel," the author demonstrates, how, on the eve of the 21st century, Russian red-brown ideologists are exploiting the Dark Age anti-Semitic prejudices. Horrible stories of the Jewish cannibalism have been printed in leading communist dailies as Pravda and Sovetskayua Rossia, in widely read youth magazine Molodaya Gvardia, not to mention dozens of smaller "patriotic" publications. Perhaps the most fascinating is the story of numerous "reincarnations" of the so-called Report on Ritual Murders produced 150 years ago for the Czar Nicholas I by a completely forgotten bureaucrat. Later it was reprinted under a glorious name of Vladimir Dal, one of the most prominent figures in Russian culture of 19th century; and today this book--under Dal's name again--has been widely circulating in numerous different editions all over the country, sowing fear and hatred into thousands of ignorant and credulous souls. Mr. Reznik proves that Vladimir Dal had nothing to do with this lampoon. Another fascinating story told in the book might sound familiar to the Jewish Chronicle readers. It is related to a political scandal that erupted a few years ago after the U.S. Information Agency had invited to this country on the taxpayers expense a group of Russian anti-Semitic writers to discuss "Cultural and Ethnic Diversity in the Soviet Union" during a month-long trip. The list of the names included the most outspoken Russian Red-Brown ideologists. The level of ignorance of organizers of the event was really outstanding: It was as someone would invite a group of KKK leaders to speak on "Racial tolerance and harmony in the U.S." Mr. Reznik was the first to introduce these guests to the U. S. public. His article, "Soviet Nazi landing in Washington, DC," printed in the Russian Los Angeles weekly Panorama was translated into English and caused a real storm in the main stream media. Most of the Universities canceled their invitations to the Russian guests, hundreds protesters followed them in every city on their tour, in one word, hardly those anti-Semites enjoyed their trip. Moreover, Mr. Reznik attended their first seminar in the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and publicly exposed them as Nazis. His first-hand account of this event is really thrilling. Semyon Reznik tells many other stories and displays characters of key figures of anti-Semitic movement in today's Russia, such as a world-recognized mathematician and former dissident Igor Shafarevich turned into ideologist of anti-Semitism, one of the leaders of notorious Pamyat' society Igor Sychev, whom the author interviewed in Moscow, or professor Valery Yemelianov, who denounced Zionism with such passion that he killed his wife suspecting her of being a secret Zionist agent in his own family. To collect his unique materials Mr. Reznik traveled to Moscow and interviewed red-brown nazi's leaders. Hardly I need to explain what a personal risk was involved in such undertakings. Mr. Reznik's analysis of gradual nazification of Russian political and spiritual life under Gorbachev and Yeltsin is based on documents that have never been published before. I would recommend this book to every student of Political Science interested in contemporary Russia. On the other hand, the general public will gain a lot from this book as well, since it is packed with first-hand information, lively characters and fascinating intrigues. 8 oct. 1996, Boris A. Kushner, Professor, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.