What people forget (or just don’t know) about the #Nazis’ genocidal brutality was that it wasn’t driven merely by racial hatred.
Millions were tortured and killed because of their POLITICS (not their race) — specifically, any member of the #Communist party was marked for death.
#Hitler’s Chief ideologue, Alfred Rosenberg, laid out the #Nazi program for extermination of the Soviet people before Operation Barbarossa began in 1941:
“After the victory, all of #Russia will be settled by Germans, and will become part of the Third Reich.”
“The people already there — the Russians, millions of them — will be killed.
“The first to be killed will be the #Communist party members.”
It’s May, 1945. #Nazi#Germany has just surrendered to the Allies.
But for the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), #WWII with #Russia never ended.
This film, produced by the “Ukrainian Galician Assembly” — is pure #Nazi propaganda but interesting indeed.
3 things to bear in mind as you watch this film:
* it was produced in 2015, post-Maidan coup.
* most likely funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars w/ Hollywood production values 💸
* made to impress Western audiences (in English language, not Ukrainian).
The elderly UPA vets brag about robbing, killing innocents, and being terrorists.
As they explain, these leftover #NazisInUkraine were merely “protecting” their Polish and Russian neighbors! 😮
But who protected the Poles, Russians, and Soviet Ukrainians from these thugs?
This is the only American Cold War era documentary series I’ve ever seen that does not demonize the Soviets, or make Stalin into Lucifer.
Burt Lancaster spared no expense on research and made sure this 20-part documentary was accurate in every detail.
The footage you see here was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war during Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941 through August 1945.
Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series.
After his 1961 Vienna summit with Soviet premier #Khrushchev, #JFK jotted a private note to himself: 📝
“I know that there is a God and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me I am ready.”
Kennedy and Khrushchev tried to effect peace between America and #Russia. 🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺
I recently interviewed historian Jim DiEugenio (author of the new Oliver Stone documentary & book “#JFK Revisited” about Kennedy and Khrushchev’s efforts to end the #ColdWar.
This pursuit of peace likely led to both leaders’ removal from power.
In his memoirs, #Khrushchev wrote how #JFK earned his respect:
“In the final analysis, Kennedy showed himself to be sober-minded and determined to avoid war. He didn’t let himself become frightened, nor did he become reckless. He didn’t overestimate America’s might.”