Ana Pauker : the rise and fall of a Jewish Communist / Robert Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Robert, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pauker, Ana, 1893-1960.

Pauker, Ana.

Cabinet officers.

Romania--Politics and government--1944-1989.

Romania.

Politics and government.

Cabinet officers--Romania--Biography.

Communists--Romania--Biography.

Communists.

Jews--Romania--Biography.

Jews.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 407 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]

Summary:

In her own day, Ana Pauker was named "The Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Time magazine. Today, when she is remembered at all, she is thought of as the puppet of Soviet communism in Romania, blindly enforcing the most brutal and repressive Stalinist regime. Robert Levy's new biography changes the picture dramatically, revealing a woman of remarkable strength, dominated by conflict and contradiction far more than by dogmatism. Telling the story of Pauker's youth in an increasingly anti-Semitic environment, her commitment to a revolutionary career, and her rise in the Romanian Communist movement, Levy makes no attempt to whitewash Pauker's life and actions, but rather explores every contour of the complicated persona he found expressed in masses of newly accessible archival documents.

Contents:

1. Early Years 15

2. In the Movement 33

3. In Power 68

4. The Agriculture Secretary 90

5. Party Purges 134

6. Jewish Emigration 163

7. "The Empress's Brother" 183

8. The Purge 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index.

ISBN:

0520223950

OCLC:

43254266