#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler

“Referenced as containing stories of dedicated communists who find themselves in the Gulag and seek redress, illustrating that loyalty wasn't enough.”

“Mention of seeing the film of Dr. Zhivago as a child and later reading the novel on which it was based by Pasternak (line 282).”

“Listed as one of the novels in Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy (line 284).”

“Mentions Stalin reputedly flipping through Machiavelli’s The Prince and historians finding annotations related to it (discussion of ends justifying means).”

“Mentioned as one of the most amazing books of the 20th century, written by Whitaker Chambers about his experience as a Soviet spy; published in 1952.”

“Reference to Orlando Figes's book The Whisperers tracing families' histories during the Stalin period and societal effects of terror.”

“Discussing Marx's major works; contrasted with Das Kapital; described as a brief pamphlet and a call to arms that gained significance after events like the Paris Commune.”

“Mentioned as the speaker's second book (published by Oxford University Press) examining German encounters and ideas about Eastern Europe.”

“Listed as one of the novels in Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy (line 284).”

“Listed as one of the novels in Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy (line 284).”

“Mentioned alongside the Communist Manifesto; described as a multi-volume, extensive work of Marx with only the first volume published in his lifetime.”

“Cited as containing Hitler's ideology and plans for Eastern Europe, used to argue Nazi intentions toward world domination and the East.”

“Reference to Robertson Davies's most famous work, 'The Deptford Trilogy,' a linked series of three novels (line 283).”