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The Soviet Story

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...

Top Cast

  • Jon Strickland

    Jon Strickland

    Narrator

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

    Self (archive footage)

  • Alfred Rosenberg

    Alfred Rosenberg

    Self (archive footage)

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Self (archive footage)

  • Joseph Goebbels

    Joseph Goebbels

    Self (archive footage)

  • Hermann Göring

    Hermann Göring

    Self (archive footage)

  • George Bernard Shaw

    George Bernard Shaw

    Self (archive footage)

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Self (archive footage)

  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...

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7.4 / 10
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