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The 1 st S how Trial

The 1 st S how Trial. ‘The Trial Of The Sixteen’ 1936 Shane McNamara & Ciarán Rowe. Show Trials Begin. In 1936, Lev Kamenev , Gregory Zinoviev and 14 other leading Bolsheviks were put on trial, using Sergei Kirov’s assassination in 1934 as a pretext for rounding up suspects.

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The 1 st S how Trial

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  1. The 1stShow Trial ‘The Trial Of The Sixteen’ 1936 Shane McNamara & Ciarán Rowe

  2. Show Trials Begin • In 1936, Lev Kamenev, Gregory Zinoviev and 14 other leading Bolsheviks were put on trial, using Sergei Kirov’s assassination in 1934 as a pretext for rounding up suspects

  3. NKVD – Torture Before Trial • Before the trial, the defendants were interrogated by the NKVD to get the required confessions • The trial was carefully planned and staged-managed. • The trial opened on the 19th of August 1936, in the October Hall in the House of Unions Moscow

  4. Show Trial: A Spectacle • The 350 spectators were mainly NKVD in plain clothes, foreign journalists and diplomats. • The defendants were dressed in ill-fitted old clothes to increase their humiliation. • To reinforce the impression of their guilt the defendants were guarded by NKVD troops with fixed bayonets.

  5. Crimes of The Accused • It was alleged that the defendants had repeatedly attempted to kill Stalin and other leaders. • The evidence was very weak. One defendant even confessed to being involved in the murder of Kirov when he was already in prison. • Appeals for mercy were rejected and all 16 men were shot and their property confiscated.

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