Stalin's show trials

The Trial Of SIXTEEN 1936

• Zinoviev & Kamenev and 14 other comrades
• Kirov's murder, planning to disrupt 5 yr plans conspiring with foreign powers to overthrow gov
• Z& K persuaded to confess as Stalin promised they would be rewarded -both shot- dissappeared without trial

The trial of SEVENTEEN 1937

• Trotsky's former allies
• plotting foreign powers, terroism, sabotage & contact with Trotsky
• converyor belt system of interrogation
• Torture, sleep deprivation…