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Jewish girl. (Heinrich Laretei's memoirs "To <strong>the</strong> Toy <strong>of</strong> Fate", Lund,<br />

1970, p. 75.)<br />

All kinds <strong>of</strong> Jewish speculators and anarchists, who were enamoured<br />

with Bolshevism, travelled to Soviet Russia at <strong>the</strong> very beginning. They<br />

came from many countries (from Turkey, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria,<br />

Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia, and <strong>the</strong> United States <strong>of</strong> America).<br />

For example, a Bohemian Zionist communist from Prague, Ernest (Arnost)<br />

Kolman, worked in Moscow as a party functionary between 1918 and<br />

1919 and as a politruk in Moscow and <strong>the</strong>n in Siberia in <strong>the</strong> 1920s. He<br />

later worked with subversive activities in Germany where he was arrested<br />

and expelled to <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union. Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m came from <strong>the</strong> United<br />

States.<br />

The most famous <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se were Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk-<br />

man, who were sent to Petrograd <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> American authorities in January<br />

1920. Those anarchists had praised <strong>the</strong> Soviet state as paradise on earth<br />

around <strong>the</strong> United States. Later, <strong>the</strong>y described how <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks in<br />

Smolny's restaurant had introduced a system <strong>of</strong> privileges, where <strong>the</strong><br />

leading Communists received better food than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. A total <strong>of</strong> 34<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> privileges were established.<br />

Here follows a list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> some important American Jews who<br />

worked in <strong>the</strong> Soviet state apparatus: Minnor was active as a political<br />

commissar at <strong>the</strong> Commissariat for Internal Affairs, Kisswalter worked in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Supreme Soviet as chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> economic restructuring committee,<br />

Kahan was active in <strong>the</strong> committee for <strong>the</strong> abolition <strong>of</strong> private banks,<br />

Simson co-ordinated <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviets, Gubelman was political<br />

commissar in Moscow's military district, Michelson was named adviser to<br />

<strong>the</strong> People's Bank and a high post was also held <strong>by</strong> Isaac Don Levine.<br />

Of course, <strong>the</strong> American Jews held high posts within <strong>the</strong> Cheka. Meich-<br />

man and Meherbey, who proved <strong>the</strong>mselves especially dangerous, were<br />

among <strong>the</strong> most important Chekists in Petrograd. (Maurice Pinay, "The<br />

Secret Driving Force <strong>of</strong> Communism", p. 45.)<br />

Trotsky's comrade Clara Sheridan wrote quite openly in <strong>the</strong> New York<br />

World on December 13, 1923: "The Communist leaders are Jews and<br />

Russia is entirely dominated <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong>m. They are in every town, in every<br />

government bureau, in <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fices and in <strong>the</strong> editorial staffs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> news-<br />

papers. They drive away <strong>the</strong> Russians and are responsible for <strong>the</strong><br />

increasingly anti-Semitic attitude."<br />

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