1948. The murder of Solomon Mikhoels
70 years ago, on January 12, 1948, Solomon Mikholes, theater director, actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti -Fascist Committee, were killed in Minsk. It was officially announced that he died as a result of a car accident. In fact, the murder of Mikhoels was organized by order of Stalin and Minister of State Security of the USSR Abakumov by a group of MGB officers, headed by Deputy Abakumov, Sergei Okholtsov.