Background
Brutskus, Ber was born in 1878.
Brutskus, Ber was born in 1878.
Graduated from the Novo-Aleksandriiskii Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, 1898.
Became widely known for his scientific research on Jewish life and Russian agrarian problems. Defended the agrarian
reforms of Stolypin. After the February Revolution 1917, appointed member of the Supreme Council on agrarian matters.
Spoke out against the Bolshevik take-over in October 1917 and continued his antiMarxist polemics in the press. At the agrarian congress in Moscow 1922, publicly accused the Soviet government of causing millions to starve during the famine in 1921. Arrested and expelled to Germany, 1922.
Continued to write in the Russian and international press and organized protests in the west against the collectivization campaign in the USSR. Moved to Palestine, and became Professor of Agrarian Economics at Jerusalem University.
Religions convince people that the source of their misery lies in the inherent and unchangeable "sinfulness" of humanity rather than in the forms of social organization and institutions.
The system with equal access of every Soviet citizen to national wealth can be created under the leadership of the Communist Party.