Szpieg czy ofiara stalinowskiego szaleństwa? Izaak Goldsztajn (1892–1954). Biografia zapomniana

Paulina Korneluk; Justyna Korneluk

doi:10.56583/sz.2754

Published : 2025-12-31

Vol. 15 (2025)

Spy or Victim of Stalinist Madness? Isaac Goldstein (1892–1954): A Forgotten Biography

Paulina Korneluk

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-4976

Justyna Korneluk

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4830-2642

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.2754

Abstract

This article examines Isaac Goldstein, a figure largely overlooked in Polish historiography. He was born in 1892 in Zamość and was the nephew of Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (Isaac Leib Peretz). His brother was the prominent Zamość architect and city councilor Moses Goldstein. Isaac Goldstein was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. While living in Poland, he belonged to the Bund, and beginning in the 1920s he worked in Moscow. He was a communist who appears to have sincerely believed in the system. In the 1930s, he worked as an economist and researcher. He spent World War II in Tashkent and returned to Moscow following the war’s conclusion. His acquaintance with the renowned director Solomon Mikhoels resulted in Isaac Goldstein being accused of spying for Jewish nationalists and the US. He was arrested, brutally interrogated, and died in prison in 1954. This article aims to situate this figure within a broader family and historical context.

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Isaac Goldstein, USSR, communism, Joseph Stalin, Jews in the Soviet Union

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Korneluk, P., & Korneluk, J. (2025). Spy or Victim of Stalinist Madness? Isaac Goldstein (1892–1954): A Forgotten Biography. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 15, 59–80. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.2754

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