#19 – The Anti-Humans

Ann Applebaum

Ann Applebaum's book Red Famine discusses the enforced starvation in the Ukrainian countryside and the government's denial of the famine.

Keith Lowe

The book I've been quoting here, Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, he does a decent job of it but you really just cannot get it across.

Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder wrote in his book Bloodlands that those who didn't tend to not survive, as the good people died first.

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History is replete with examples of leaders, nations, and empires who left a trail of blood behind them. But with the Bolshevik takeover of Russia after the First World War, something new crawled from the depths of the earth onto the surface of the world. Never before had a government shown such uninhibited savagery toward its own people, during peacetime, as a matter of policy and in the name of scientific management. After Nazi Germany was defeated in the Second World War, Stalin’s Soviet Union unleashed hell on the devastated nations of Eastern Europe, leaving behind an unmatched record of sadism and brutality.Support the show by subscribing to the MartyrMade Substack. (https://martyrmade.substack.com)

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Ann Applebaum

Ann Applebaum's book Red Famine discusses the enforced starvation in the Ukrainian countryside and the government's d…

Keith Lowe

The book I've been quoting here, Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, he does a decent job of it but you really just canno…

Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder wrote in his book Bloodlands that those who didn't tend to not survive, as the good people died first.

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Eugen Magarescu

Discusses the unimaginable torture students faced, forcing them to betray their loved ones in a so-called act of civi…

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A book about the Pitești prison, detailing brutal methods of interrogation and the psychological impact on prisoners.

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Ann Applebaum

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Keith Lowe

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Timothy Snyder

“Timothy Snyder wrote in his book Bloodlands that those who didn't tend to not survive, as the good people died first.”

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Baku

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Red Famine

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Ann Applebaum's book Red Famine discusses the enforced starvation in the Ukrainian countryside and the government's denial of the famine.

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The book I've been quoting here, Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, he does a decent job of it but you really just cannot get it across.

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Timothy Snyder wrote in his book Bloodlands that those who didn't tend to not survive, as the good people died first.

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The book I've been quoting here, Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, he does a decent job of it but you really just cannot get it across.

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