Litwin
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Koba had the blood of millions on his hands, yet Stalin has escaped Hitler-style demonstration, and even become a trendy pin-up.
Great article, unfortunately even here its legal to whitewash stalinism and koba himself, but soon it will be over ...
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23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism ... distort historical facts and whitewash crimes committed by the Soviet ...
"Koba had the blood of millions on his hands, yet Stalin has escaped Hitler-style demonisation, and even become a trendy pin-up. Why has history been so kind to this murderous leader, asks Laurence Rees.
A few months ago, when I was visiting one of our leading universities, I happened to see a poster prominently displayed in one of the students' halls of residence. It was of Joseph Stalin.
Perhaps it was meant as a kind of ironic reference to something. Perhaps it was simply covering a damp patch on the wall. But, in any event, no one seemed to take much notice of it.
But imagine if instead of a picture of Stalin, there had been a picture of that other horrendous tyrant of the 20th Century, Adolf Hitler, hanging there? Think of the outcry.
Stalin is portrayed as the father figure of the Soviet Union - a giant of a man responsible for massive projects of industrialisation. And the Stalinist purges, when tens of thousands of innocent people suffered, are glossed over as implicitly necessary for the security of the state.
Robert Buckner, the producer of Mission to Moscow, later described the film as an "expedient lie for political purposes"....
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Great article, unfortunately even here its legal to whitewash stalinism and koba himself, but soon it will be over ...
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe | B9-0098/2019 | European Parliament
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION to wind up the debate on the statements by the Council and the Commission pursuant to Rule 132(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe (2019/2819(RSP))...
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23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism ... distort historical facts and whitewash crimes committed by the Soviet ...
"Koba had the blood of millions on his hands, yet Stalin has escaped Hitler-style demonisation, and even become a trendy pin-up. Why has history been so kind to this murderous leader, asks Laurence Rees.
A few months ago, when I was visiting one of our leading universities, I happened to see a poster prominently displayed in one of the students' halls of residence. It was of Joseph Stalin.
Perhaps it was meant as a kind of ironic reference to something. Perhaps it was simply covering a damp patch on the wall. But, in any event, no one seemed to take much notice of it.
But imagine if instead of a picture of Stalin, there had been a picture of that other horrendous tyrant of the 20th Century, Adolf Hitler, hanging there? Think of the outcry.
Stalin is portrayed as the father figure of the Soviet Union - a giant of a man responsible for massive projects of industrialisation. And the Stalinist purges, when tens of thousands of innocent people suffered, are glossed over as implicitly necessary for the security of the state.
Robert Buckner, the producer of Mission to Moscow, later described the film as an "expedient lie for political purposes"....
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The whitewashing of Stalin
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