One should keep in mind that many of the "truths" we've clung to in the West, especially in regards to our adversaries, may not be reliable information. While it's true that many Red Army troops did commit mass rape in Germany, it's also true that American troops did much the same thing. (
Rape during the occupation of Germany - Wikipedia)
I'm not sure how useful it is to compare which regime is "more barbaric," but it is extremely doubtful that they had a higher kill count than the Nazis. Most of the kill count attributed to the Soviet Union by Western propagandists was wildly exaggerated and unsupported by evidence. That's not say that repression and atrocities didn't occur, but just that the loss of life was significantly less than what was commonly propagated during the Cold War.
Political repression in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia
Estimates of the number of deaths attributable to Joseph Stalin vary widely. Some scholars assert that record-keeping of the executions of political prisoners and ethnic minorities are neither reliable nor complete;[5] others contend archival materials contain irrefutable data far superior to sources utilized prior to 1991, such as statements from emigres and other informants.[29][30] Those historians working after the Soviet Union's dissolution have estimated victim totals ranging from approximately 3 million[31] to nearly 9 million.[32] Some scholars still assert that the death toll could be in the tens of millions.[33]
Based on these numbers, the kill count attributed to the Soviet Union was considerably less than that which has been attributed to Nazi Germany.
Also, considering the 20 million deaths per year attributed to capitalism, capitalism is far more deadly and murderous than both Nazism and Communism combined.
Many historians agree that Communism was responsible for more than 100 million deaths in the 20th century.
Mao Zedong committed genocide against harmless sparrows , and spoke about half of the Chinese population starving to death, like it was a good thing. He was an enemy of freedom, oppressed the people, his regime tortured and terrorized countless people, there was no freedom of speech, there was no freedom of religion, and countless historians declare that his kill count was much higher than Adolf hitler, and yet the Chinese sing praises to him, he is on Chinese money, and there are paintings of him and artwork in his honor, all over the place in china to this day!
It is true, we don't know how many people Stalin killed, but the Bolsheviks brutally persecuted religious people. And, the Bolsheviks were a minority, that siezed control, and had to kill an enormous amount of people to maintain that control.
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will believe the testimonies that I have seen first hand in documentaries, from people that were victimized in their gulags. I have seen first-hand accounts of Russian Orthodox priests,
who were sent to communist " re-education camps", where they had to attend satanic black masses, blaspheme, and eat feces for Holy Communion!
I read a book called "with God in Russia", a priest spent 5 years in solitary confinement, starved, no interaction with others, just sitting in a cell by himself, and he did nothing wrong to be incarcerated. The five years in solitary confinement were not even close to half of the time he did in prison, interrogated, tortured, witnessing chronic agony , inhumanity, and brutality.
I saw a documentary where victims of communism, were talking about Soviets keeping people sleep deprived, to the point they become permanently brain damaged and insane, and torturing people until they are permanently paralyzed for life!
When the Soviets occupied East germany, They carried out what many historians say, was the greatest rape epidemic recorded in a single country, where prepubescent girls and old women were not spared!
The Soviet Union had no morals, caused many red revolutions, many civil wars, and raped and tortured countless people to death!
They used to drag Christians into the streets naked during winter, and pour water over them, until they froze to death. They nailed people to structures by their hands and feet , even in Russia, and I know the names of some of these victims, and have seen pictures of them.
Soviets would enjoy raping nuns who had consecrated their virginity to Jesus, get them to blaspheme, then shoot them before they could repent, to try and destroy their soul with their body!
It was the most evil Empire I know of! So when people claim Joseph Stalin was responsible for the deaths of over 40 million people, I wouldn't be surprised at all!
He was so brutal to Russians, but he invaded Poland when Hitler did, he occupied many devoutly Christian or Orthodox countries (Poland was a devoutly Catholic country, and he tried to destroy the faith of the people, and it got ugly and brutal)!
I have seen documentaries of priests who did more than ten years in communist gulags or prisons, in solitary confinement for more than ten years , only remaining sane by conversing with God alone, in the dark!
I have heard the testimonies of people permanently confined to wheelchairs from communist gulags, and their crime committed was they were a priest or Christian!
Communists cut off priests hands so they couldn't celebrate mass! Could you imagine living the rest of your life without hands? Some things are far worse than death, and communists were brilliant at making life worse than death for millions and millions of people!
But I do not know what the exact kill count of Joseph stalin, or wicked Communist governments actually is!
What I know is communism is pure evil, the most evil form of government, that has done the most damage, of any other form of government that has ever existed!
Some of the errors of Communism are alive and well here in America and around the world, in non-communist countries!
So when I have studied something as evil as communism, seen documentaries where the victims give their testimonies of what it was like in communist gulags, sometimes for decades, with their crime being their religious faith, and I've read about the brutality, the torture,
all the people that committed suicide because Communists were torturing them and starving them so badly, I tend to believe the people who say that Joseph Stalin had a higher kill count than Adolf hitler!
But both of them were pure evil, and when I see how hard their lives were, I actually feel sorry for both of them, because hatred is toxic, painful suffering, but it doesn't excuse them for being two of the people who have done the most damage Earth has ever seen. I'm not saying they are the top two.
Pol Pot killed an estimated 30% of his population, killing people sometimes just for wearing glasses, because the glasses made them look more intellectual, made them look more educated, therefore he was suspicious that they were a threat to the state and knew too much to be controlled!
Mao Zedong , much evidence would suggest he was worse than Stalin!
I have studied communism thoroughly, and I know of nothing in history that has done close to that amount of damage!
Communism and radical Islam have done more damage than anything I know of , to terrorize, pulverize, ruin, brainwash, traumatize, and damage much of earth, and hundreds of millions of lives!
