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Originally Posted by Catfish
^ regarding fate and god's will i think this is pretty much nonsense.
A lot of jews and political or other prisoners doubted the existence of god, after the experience of the concentration camps.
This is not because of the pain and atrocities alone, but e.g. because workers who stole their fellow's shoes, survived (prisoners without shoes were considered useless and killed), while the 'better' or honest ones did not.
Regarding Stalin and his killings (not only millions of jews, but polish citizens and lots of his own russian 'kulaks' who did not work enough, in his opinion.
I do not wonder about this not being mentioned much though, after all Papa Joe was on the 'right' (allied) side. You do not write about such things when it comes to propaganda and justifying your own motivations.
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Did you know that Stalin was reported to not have killed anyone in georgia for fear that his mother would hear about it?