A leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland after the Soviet takeover, Kott in 1957 renounced his Communist Party membership and defected to the United States in 1965.
A leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland for nearly a decade after the Soviet takeover, Kott renounced his Communist Party membership in 1957 following the anti-Stalinist Polish October of 1956. He defected to the United States in 1965.