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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

My degree is in the downfall if the USSR. I have spent a lot of time reading accounts of prisoners. Many never knew because they were not present at their trial.

He has the numbers tattooed on his arm. I know people who knew him in Belarus that I knew separate of him who talked about it.

There were prominent Jews in the politburo. There was also a fuckload of antisemitism as anyone who lived in the USSR could tell you. The USSR was just as racist as every other European nation.