“Alexander Solzenitzen documented that even after many of the lower Party members were unjustly sent to the camps, and were starving to death, they still supported Stalin and Communism, saying that “Well, I am sure that it is all serving a greater purpose of the government somehow.”
What a creepy sentiment; his “Gulag Archipelago” is a must-read. Some of the SA executed on the Night of Long Knives in Germany shouted “Heil Hitler” as they were shot...
“What a creepy sentiment; his “Gulag Archipelago” is a must-read. Some of the SA executed on the Night of Long Knives in Germany shouted “Heil Hitler” as they were shot...”
A superb companion book to “Gulag Archipelago” is “Coming out of the Ice” by Victor Herman.
It is a great look from an individual perspective to complement the overview of “Gulag”.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Out-Ice-Unexpected-Life/dp/0915031027