I'm having a hard time distinguishing who is worse now. We were taught the Nazis bad but never why the Commies are bad. I'm an adult and I'm only just discovering how bad the commies were. Like a fat as I know the Nazis did bad things - or so were told. But I heard an interesting theory that Soviets used the dead bodies of the holomodor to stage the Jewish extermination before the rest of the allies got to see the concentration camps. Thoughts???
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My parents survived both. All my life I was told how things were.
When the nazis invaded Ukraine you may have even seen old news reels of peasants cheering them on because they thought soviets were worse, that nazis will fight them then the peasants/partisans will fight off whats left of the nazis. The nazis didnt keep secret the extermination camps because it was 'good for the reich'. It was others like Americans that couldnt believe it, it was too horrible to believe. There were some German women who sent their kids to hang out near the camps to sneak in an apple or a potato to Ukie prisoners - few but again the camps were not a secret.
I was told the nazis are only powerful in large numbers in battle but quick to surrender or run.
The commies are sneaky. They may show you friendship and suddenly youve been disappeared. Say anything and you are arrested and sent to Siberia. No trial, no chance for defense. I recall in the 1970s intellectuals were disappeared later to find they were tortured and died. I was always told never ever believe anything a Russian tells you. Commies hate forever.