Some rabid anti-communist told be to read this book as proof of a Soviet genocide in Ukraine.
I did a quick search and saw it being passed around and referenced in anti-communists circles like /r/ENOUGHCOMMIESPAM, but I haven't seen any leftist evaluations of this book or this author. So is anyone familiar with this, and how seriously should I take it?
Don't forget that a significant portion of those were also nazi POWs
You have a point but there were also more than 1.5 mil people in camps every year from 38 to 41.
Yeah absolutely. I hesitate to say this in case it's interpreted as support of that policy, but for a nation under siege against all the capitalist powers, and several fascist ones popping up on the literal doorstep, it kinda tracks that the USSR would be looking out for anyone who may be a subversive. Horrible, but like, WWII was right there.
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Literally right nextdoor is the exact same as across the fucking Pacific Ocean
Imagine missing the point
No, I explained the thought process of the USSR. I do not think it was ok, nor do I condone it, but their behavior was explainable