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Soviet Story is a documentary which convincingly argues that Soviet Russia, and the Marxist ideology which it espoused committed genocide before the holocaust of the Jews. Wikipedia states:

The film examines the close philosophical, political and organisational connections between the Nazi and Soviet systems.^[2] It highlights the following:

• The Great Famine in Ukraine (1932/33);
• The Katyn massacre (1940);
• The Gestapo-KGB partnership (in the late 1930s the KGB was called NKVD);
• Soviet mass deportations;
• Medical experiments in the GULAG.

The photographic and video evidence proving the organizational connections between Germany and Soviet Russia were quite amazing. The documentary really did teach me a lot of things that I have never heard before. It did a good job explaining how, in the pre-war years when the Nazi party was just beginning, the national socialists in Germany spoke highly of Lenin and Marx, and that Hitler himself was influenced by the writings of Marx, and displayed propaganda posters from Germany and Russia which seemed to have been created using the same icons, symbols, and style.

Some other things that the film mentions that blew my mind include:

• Millions of Soviet soldiers died, but only a fraction of them were killed by Germans; they were killed by NKVD units travelling behind the soviet conscripts shooting forward so that they could not retreat. Then after major battles, special units ripped the dog tags off of soldiers to make them unidentifiable.
• Due to the brutality of the Soviet Military, more than a million Soviet citizens joined the German military.
• When Germany attacked Poland, the Soviets attacked from the other side. Because both armies looked virtually the same, villages put signs up (they have a photo) welcoming both armies. WOW!
• Stalin and his goons were innocent of war crimes because they switched sides when Germany attacked them.
• There is some pretty shocking stuff with regard to modern day Russia, and how they continue with some of the atrocities of what the Soviets did. I’m not sure of the context, but at one point there are Russian parliamentarians giving the Nazi salute at the end of some kind of statement.

Despite the obvious bias, this documentary is definitely worth it.

If you live off the coast of Somalia, you may want to ask your local pirates if they have a copy, though I must warn you that sometimes Somalian pirates provide copies that don’t include English subtitles…so some of the interviews and footage isn’t explained.