“The Black Book” in the Light of a Transcript

Abstract

The first complete publication of the shorthand notes of the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee Literary Commission meeting. The meeting took place on October 13, 1944, with the participation of I. G. Ehrenburg, V. S. Grossman, V. M. Inber, A. M. Efros, A. B. Derman, I. P. Traynin, A. G. Sutskever and others, and was focused on the preparation of the “Black Book”.
The introductory article describes the historical and political context of the participants of the Literary Commission under the chairmanship of I. G. Ehrenburg working on the “Black book”. The unique nature of the published document is revealed. The text of the transcript is accompanied by scholarly commentary.