Tag Archives: Stalin

The Devil Spares Pravda

Posted on November 14, 2022 by leslie

The Devil Spares Pravda The Devils’ Alliance; Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941, Roger Moorhouse, Basic books, New York, 2014, hb, 382pp, $29.99 US, reviewed by Leslie Jones As Roger Moorhouse observes in this compelling account, the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact of … Continue reading →

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Whitewashing the Great Terror

Posted on June 27, 2021 by leslie

Whitewashing the Great Terror By Frank Ellis Guilt and innocence become senseless notions: “guilty” is he who stands in the way of the natural or historical process which has passed judgement over “inferior races”, over individuals “unfit to live” over … Continue reading →

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A Light, Shining in Darkness

Posted on May 24, 2020 by leslie

A Light, Shining in Darkness Alexandra Popoff, Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019, pp. ix-xi + pp. 1-326 + notes, photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-0-300-22278-4, reviewed by Frank Ellis I begin with … Continue reading →

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Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause

Posted on March 15, 2020 by leslie

Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause Frank Ellis celebrates a defeat for censorship  Green eyes cut the heart without a knife (Vasilii Grossman) I. Introduction:  For a Just Cause or Stalingrad? Outside the circle of people who concern themselves with Grossman’s work … Continue reading →

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We Will Bury You (2)

Posted on March 10, 2018 by leslie

We Will Bury You (2)  Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine (2017), reviewed by Frank Ellis [i] A destruction process is a series of administrative measures that must be aimed at a definite group.[ii] Raul Hilberg, The Destruction of … Continue reading →

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The Doctors’ Plot

Posted on January 27, 2018 by leslie

The Doctors’ Plot Editorial Note: A commentary on “The Death of Stalin”, by DAVID ASHTON Screen and stage “entertainment”, such as “The Crown” or “Darkest Hour”, use either fictional reconstruction to highlight truthful themes from history, or falsify the facts … Continue reading →

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The Death of Stalin

Posted on January 11, 2018 by leslie

The Death of Stalin A film directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the comic book Death of Stalin, by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, reviewed by ROBERT HENDERSON Main Cast  Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov – Deputy General Secretary Steve Buscemi … Continue reading →

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Catalonia, on the Brink

Posted on October 12, 2017 by leslie

Catalonia, on the Brink Gerry Dorrian considers the roots of the current crisis Political geography tends to fracture across historical fault lines. In 2015, the University of Oxford’s DNA map of Britain revealed the continuing existence of the millennium-old Landsker … Continue reading →

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Burnt by the Sun

Posted on November 3, 2016 by leslie

Burnt by the Sun Bill Hartley is on planet propaganda Russian cinema brings to mind heroic Soviet era films such as Battleship Potemkin, imbued with socialist realism and designed to get the official seal of approval and inspire the masses. Such … Continue reading →

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Selective Amnesia

Posted on August 3, 2016 by leslie

  Selective Amnesia FRANK ELLIS reviews the latest biography of Hitler Volker Ullrich, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 (Adolf Hitler – Biographie. Band 1: Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889-1939, S. Fischer Verlag, 2013), translated by Jefferson Chase, The Bodley Head, London, 2016, … Continue reading →

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