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*186 Why is Germany allowed to punish its evildoers and Russia is not? | *186 Why is Germany allowed to punish its evildoers and Russia is not? What kind of disastrous path does this pave? | ||
*86k nazi war criminals convicted by 1966. That would be 1/4M if trials took place in SU | *86k nazi war criminals convicted by 1966. That would be 1/4M if trials took place in SU | ||
*175 evil also has a threshold, once crossed you don't return? | *175 evil also has a threshold, once crossed you don't return? | ||
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Solzhenitzyn got a Nobel prize in literature, prior to this book.
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- 186 Why is Germany allowed to punish its evildoers and Russia is not? What kind of disastrous path does this pave?
- 86k nazi war criminals convicted by 1966. That would be 1/4M if trials took place in SU
- 175 evil also has a threshold, once crossed you don't return?
- 174 - ideology is the justification of the evildoer, gives him perseverance
- 168-70 . Powerful. How a genuinely 'good guy' turned evil
- 168 - if only there were evil people out there insidiously committing evil deeds, and if only we had to separate them from the good ones...but it's all not as soon mole as that, as evil and good runs through us all
- 144 - He was tortured by both, but the Gestapo was nonetheless trying to get at the
truth. and when the accusation did not hold up. Divnich was released. The MGB wasn't interested in the truth and had no intention of letting anyone out of its grip once he was arrested.