[henderson field]

What's the difference between communism and fascism? Stalin murdered more people than Hitler. And you wouldn't expect the Russians to put up a statue to Hitler, now would you?

[Borges]

I'm not sure you meant to respond to me but as I said many Russians don't believe he was aware of what was going on in the Gulags. At the time, people in those prisons would write letters to Stalin begging for help. They honestly believed that he would be outraged if he knew what was going on. The only image they had of him was of an avuncular grandfatherly type who posed for pictures with children.