Part I, Chapter 9, Expelled from the Party Summary and Analysis

In Part I, Chapter 9, on February 7, 1937, Ginzburg is summoned to the district committee. The head of the committee is one of her former students, who agonizes over the hearing. Ginzburg is expelled from the Communist Party.

The following month, Ginzburg is stripped of her Party membership. This is especially telling because she no longer enjoys the rights of a Communist Party member. It adds insult to injury, because Gimzburg has long been an active and loyal Communist, and her entire course of efforts thus far have been directed at proving her innocence and securing her place as a loyal Party member.