I have always found it curious that the Russian commies were just as brutal and vicious as the German nazis, but are generally given a pass by the Western media and academia. I put them both in the same class: satan-inspired atheistic criminals who kill with no compunction at all. We must never forget.
Don't limit the scope the media's 'free pass' to WWII. The media still brushes aside totalitarian atrocity. They still do have their favorites. Aren't Fidel and Saddam portrayed as victims? I agree that 'we must never forget', but sometimes it seems that some any never learned anything in the first place.