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2026

Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years

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Lev Schlosberg is found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's army - a verdict he condemns as punishment for his political position.

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1920

JEWISH JOURNALIST AND AID ADVOCATE SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS HARD LABOR.

Budapest (By I. J. P. B.)—A Jewish journalist and lawyer, Ludwig Magyar, has been sentenced to ten years at hard labor in prison for (according to the wording of the sentence) "his soothing attitude and his ungrateful demeanor toward the country which gave him the opportunity to make his living" The lawyer's punishment was

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The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, March 12, 1920 — front page Enlarge →

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Kronstadt rebellion

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Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries

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