Originally posted by spitfiremkv
well, we have to concede this to Boroda: Nothing like the Holocaust was done by the Soviet state.
The reason for that is simple: The dissenters were sent off to Siberia where they still had to do work for the state. No reason to kil them. And to most, their fate seemed worse than death, being separated from their families, friends and their entire previous life.
My sister in law's father was given to the USSR by the US at
the end of the war in Europe. Of the 2400 guys in his camp, less
than 300 were alive when he was repatriated in 1950.
No, he wasn't a Nazi, he was drafted in 1943 and made a
flak gunner. He was wounded by a P-38 on June 6, 1944 and
was sent home to recooperate. While he was in Siberia, he was
forced to build bridges for the Siberian highway and railroad.
Sounds to me an awful lot like the Holocaust, YMMV.