THE ELDEST SON OF STALIN
Genre
History of WWII
Number of episodes
1
Length
44’
At the start of WWII, when word of mouth spread that Stalin’s eldest son Yakov was a traitor and a coward, his father never came to his defense. After his capture, the Germans offered him in a prisoner exchange but Stalin refused. When he learned of his son’s death in a concentration camp, Stalin did not mourn for him. What were the reasons behind such hatred?
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