carmen callil on their own lives.nding of the feminist publishing house virago press. remember you can watch witness history every month we can catch up on anotherfilm history every month we can catch up on another film is along with more than a thousand regular programmes in ouron line than a thousand regular programmes in our on line archive. just before stalin's death in 1953 the soviet dictator ordered the arrest of several hundred doctors in moscow. he accused them of plotting to kill senior communist officials. many were tortured and executed in prison. professorjakov many were tortured and executed in prison. professor jakov ra paport many were tortured and executed in prison. professorjakov rapaport was one of the few survivors of what was called the doctors plot, his daughter renders the party was arrested. there was a very loud knock at the door. i opened the door and there was a crowd, a big crowd of men. i decided that they were burglars who had come to take our furniture. and then there was a telephone ca

carmen callil on the founding of the feminist publishing house virago.an watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films along with more than a thousand radio programmes in our online archive — just go to... just before stalin's death in 1953 the soviet dictator ordered the arrest of several hundred doctors in moscow. he accused them of plotting to kill senior communist officials. many were tortured and executed in prison. professor yakov rapoport was among the few survivors of what was known as the "doctor's plot". his daughter natasha remembers the night he was arrested. that night i was alone, and then there was a very loud knock at the door. i opened the door and there was a crowd, a big crowd of men. i decided that they were burglars, that they came to take our furniture. and then there was a telephone call. and one of them grabbed me, screamed at me, "talk, talk!" and it was too much for me, and i fainted. my parents came home — i didn't see it, because i was unconscious, for several hours actually. th

carmen callil on the founding of the feminist publishing house virago.h witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films along with more than a thousand radio programmes in our online archive — just go to: that night i was alone, and then there was a very loud knock at the door. i opened the door and there was a crowd, a big crowd of men. i decided that there were burglars, that they came to take our feet, and then there was a telephone call. —— food. 0ne then there was a telephone call. —— food. one of them grab that me, screamed at me, talk, talk, and it was too much for me. my parents came home. i did not see it because i was unconscious for several hours. they took my father away. both my parents we re took my father away. both my parents were medical scientists. it was actually the last year of stalin's life, when he became extremely paranoid. he arrested all major doctors in the kremlin hospital. they were accused of spying for england, for israel, for america. and deliberately killing high—level communist pa