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1948 was the period of struggle against cosmopolitism. It didn’t touch anyone in our family. They persecuted culture and art workers and lecturers of higher educational institutions. They closed the Jewish theater and the Jewish school in Chernovtsy. The population didn’t believe that those accusations were true. I also understood that the «case of the Kremlin doctors»[8] in 1953 was just a game to justify the state anti-Semitism after the war. I can’t say that my family suffered from the state anti-Semitism in one way or another. But we were in a privileged position in comparison with the others. I was a veteran of the partisan movement and was awarded many orders. They just couldn’t reach me just because I had too many privileges. But many of my acquaintances did face anti-Semitism. But I can say for sure that there has never been any anti-Semitic attitude in everyday life in Chernovtsy. People have always been friendly towards Jews here.
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Alexandr Nepomniaschy