This text presents a documented history of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, the Holocaust and the immediate post-war years, up to the end of 1948. It centres upon the fate of Soviet Jewry under both Hitler and Stalin. The text features documents from the newly opening Russian Archives, primarily from the Russian State Archive and the former Archive of the Communist Party with insight of how Soviet and Stalinist policies towards Jews and the JAFC were shaped and the decision-making process involved.
