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The processes were widely considered an extension of Stalin's 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital- 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl anti-Semitic campaign against " rootless cosmopolitanRootless cosmopolitan ( Russian language: "bezrodny kosmopolit") was a Soviet euphemism during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1948- 1953, which culminated in the "exposure" of the alleged " Doctors' plot". The term and the persecutions by the aus", and took place between the arrests and executions of Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union and the so-called Doctors' plotThe Doctors' plot ( Russian language: or was an alleged conspiracy to eliminate the leadership of the Soviet Union. It was "exposed" in early 1953, shortly before the death of Joseph Stalin. Background In the course of the Cold War and the State of Israel of early 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl.
The Prague Trials were dramatised in the 1970 movie L'Aveu (the Confession) directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. The film was based on the book of the same name by Artur London, who was a survivor of the trials.