Word: shakerman
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...alas, the empire collapsed when one of the alleged ringleaders, Shaya Shakerman, a widowed physician, began making overtures to the wife of a relative, and the latter told all to the secret police. To many Westerners, the resulting arrests had an anti-Semitic ring, for Jewish names were clearly involved. Protested Izvestia: "It is not Jews, Russians, Tartars or Ukrainians who will stand trial. 'Criminals will stand trial." In the courtroom last week, Roifman, Shakerman and three others-two members of the economic police and a men's wear factory official -were sentenced to be shot, their accomplices...
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