Stalin and his Children
Stalin And His Children
Perhaps showing that he had a softer side too, this photo taken in 1935 depicts Stalin and his son Vasily and daughter, Svetlana. If you happened to see this picture without knowing who Stalin was, you would never guess that he was one of history’s most destructive and murderous despots. Stalin’s regime of paranoia and persecution would lead to the deaths of untold tens of millions of his own people.
Avenging Injustice
Avenging Injustice
Not many people know about this group of Jewish assassins who tracked down and killed Nazi officers after World War Two. They called themselves “The Avengers.” Does this story and image remind of you of a certain Quentin Tarantino film? It should, because the real life Avengers were a direct inspiration for his epic film, Inglorious Basterds. Understandably, there were some Holocaust survivors who could not simply forgive the Nazis for their genocidal atrocities.
