Four Jews were among the fourteen persons executed by the Soviet government in connection with the Kirov assassination, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency ascertained today.
All four affirmed their innocence but admitted membership in the “Lenin center,” suspected of the crime. The four Jews executed were Sergei Mandelstam, Vladimir Levin, Liev Soscisky and Liev Chanik.
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