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7000 personally executed over 28 consecutive nights, through a shot in the base of the skull while wearing a leather apron, gloves and hood, 300 a night for 10
by swombat 13y ago
7000 personally executed over 28 consecutive nights, through a shot in the base of the skull while wearing a leather apron, gloves and hood, 300 a night for 10 hours each night, one every 3 minutes?
That's some character...
It takes a certain kind of monster to order the execution of 7000 officer prisoners of war. It takes another kind to carry it out personally with a collection of pistols brought in especially for the job.
- arethuza 13y agoI can recommend (if that is the correct term) the book "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" for a chilling description of the leadership of the Soviet Union from the early 30s until Stalin's death: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalin-The-Court-Red-Tsar/dp/0753817667 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalin-The-Court-Red-Tsar/dp/0753817...
- twoodfin 13y agoThere's also an excellent 2-part CSPAN "Book Notes" with the author: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Tsa http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Tsa
- DonGateley 13y agoAgreed! It is next to impossible to understand soviet Russia without knowing what is covered in that book. It completely changed my view of the whole Bolshevik experiment, especially Stalin's role. What had been a mystery to me became much clearer.
- agumonkey 13y agoI can't wrap my head around this. I'm not even sure he went insane because of the unhumanity of such an act or because he was out of the system.