Synopses & Reviews
Show TrialS≪/i> combines first-hand knowledge with hitherto unpublished, confidential material, to offer a penetrating and candid account of the Stalinist purges that occurred in Albanian, East German, Bulgarian, and Rumanian purges, as well as in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. George Hodos shows how these trials played a pivotal role in consolidating Soviet domination over the satellite countries during Stalin's lifetime. As an important addition to our understanding of these events and times, Show TrialS≪/i> is essential for historians of Eastern Europe and absorbing reading for anyone interested in world affairs.
About the Author
GEORGE HERMAN HODOS is one of the few living survivors in the West of the Hungarian Rajk trials.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Prelude in Albania
The Kostov Trial in Bulgaria
The Field Connection
The Road to the Rajk Trial
Preparations for the Model Trial
The Rajik Trial
The Unleashed Terror in Prague
The Slansky Trial
The Reinterpreted Show Trials in Romania
The Interrupted Show Trials in East Germany
The Polish Way of Show Trials
Consequences and Conclusions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author