Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee

The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee,[a] abbreviated as JAC,[b] was an organization that was created in the Soviet Union during World War II to influence international public opinion and organize political and material support for the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany, particularly from the West.[1] It was organized by the Jewish Bund leaders Henryk Erlich and Victor Alter, upon an initiative of Soviet authorities, in fall 1941; both were released from prison in connection with their participation.[2][3] Following their re-arrest, in December 1941, the Committee was reformed on Joseph Stalin's order[4] in Kuibyshev in April 1942 with the official support of the Soviet authorities. In 1952, as part of the persecution of Jews in the last year part of Stalin's rule (for example, the "Doctors' plot"), most prominent members of the JAC were arrested on trumped-up spying charges, tortured, tried in secret proceedings, and executed in the basement of Lubyanka Prison. Stalin and elements of the Ministry of State Security were worried about their influence and connections with the West.[1] They were officially rehabilitated in 1988.


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  1. ^ a b Talya Zax (August 12, 2017). "65 Years Ago, The USSR Murdered Its Greatest Jewish Poets. What's Left Of Their Legacy?". The Forward. Retrieved August 12, 2017. ...they...were executed in the [Lubyanka Prison]'s basement.
  2. ^ Blatman, Daniel (8 July 2010) "Alter, Wiktor." Translated from the Hebrew by David Fachler. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ Blatman, Daniel (6 August 2010). "Ehrlich, Henryk." Translated from the Hebrew by David Fachler. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ Sebag-Montefiore, Simon. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. 2003. page 560.

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