Im reading war history and I'm wondering if Stalin was far greater 20th century war criminal, than Hitler?
Is there an established academic view on this?
2007-10-23 10:58:04 · 22 answers · asked by New Sage 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
History is always written by the victors, if for example the west had gone to war with Russia at the end of WW2 we would certainly now be saying that he was a monster and a guilty of crimes against humanity.
Fortunately or unfortunately we never went to war with Russia and as such the full extent of his crimes only became common knowledge after his death and then only in drips and drabs.
The simple fact is that both Hitler and Starlin were responsible for the death and torture of millions of people and both should be treat as criminals.
2007-10-24 02:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-03 01:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! in reality, Stalin was responsible for the deaths of more Russian people before and including the war years.
Hitler has to carry the can as the biggest War Criminal because the invasions of many of the European countries was undertaken on his personal orders.
For a good comparisons between the two, read John Bullocks's "Hitler and Stalin."
2007-10-23 21:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered about this. I think what happened is Hitler did a lot out in public. He wanted the whole world to see how powerful he was. Stalin was every bit-if not a lot more powerful and deadly than Hitler, but what he did wasnt given the press. When Roosevelt went to Europe he didnt meet with Hitler, but there's a very famous picture of Roosevelt and Stalin together. Time has shown that Stalin killed millions too and sent his own people to Siberia. Hitler chose the Jewish people and others he felt werent worthy of the Aryan race. I suppose you could say that they may have tied each other in the count.
2007-10-23 11:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by phlada64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rmwillia... above gave the best factual answer. If the answer is based on scores, Stalin wins hands down the title as the most deadly European criminal of the XX Century. To try to "explain" that he's not in the same category since he killed more of his people whereas Hitler killed foreigners is not valid. The Jews who died in the camps were mostly Germans and Austrians and the first to go were Germans. Race or religion doesn't change nationality. Stalin killed Poles, Ukrainians, Romanians, Czechs, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Belorussians, Finns, Estonians, Latvians and myriads of Russians.
Hitler killed for racial and political reasons. Stalin for political reasons or simple paranoia (I have the suspicion that he killed so many Russians because he was Georgian from a country that Russia had subjugated). Explain that to the dead.
Oh, someone mentioned, maybe as a reason why Stalin is not considered as evil as Hitler, that there is a photo of Roosevelt with Stalin whereas there are none with Hitler. Please, do read HISTORY if you are going to participate in historical questions. Roosevelt didn't go on a tour to Europe before the onset of WWII. The photo you mention, and there are others, was taken in one of the meetings the Allies had. These meetings took place in Cairo, Teheran, Yalta and Postdam. Roosevelt never did meet with Hitler because he never was in Germany during the Nazi era.
2007-10-23 11:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalin murdered more people than Hitler, but do not consider he upstaged Hitler as a war criminal in the process! Whoever says Hitler killed more than Stalin needs a lesson in history!
2007-10-23 11:05:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stalin was guilty of crimes against humanity, but Hitler's war crimes were worse. Aside of the atrocities he committed to the citizens of Germany, the Nazis carry them out in occupied territories. Most of Stalin's sins were visited on his own Soviet citizens.
Both are burning now.
2007-10-23 11:08:15 · answer #7 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Guess you are getting lots of personal opinions from people who just have not read your question. Is there an established academic view? Good question. I don't know the answer, nor does anybody else on here. I don't think the personal opinions of people on YA count as an "Established academic," view.
2007-10-23 11:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalin was never a war criminal. Russia was an allies. The US provided all the supplies so that Russia could beat the German advances. The Russian just supplied the bodies. Stalin was one very bad hombre and made Hitler look rather mild.
2007-10-23 11:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Stalin, yet another darling of the Left was a criminal of the highest order.
2007-10-23 11:03:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋