Victims of Yalta by Nikolai Tolstoy (.ePUB)
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Victims of Yalta: The Secret Betrayal of the Allies: 1944-1947 by Nikolai Tolstoy
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Overview: The Second World War, which brought Europe to the brink of destruction, was over. But over three million Russians were stranded in Allied-controlled territories: some were prisoners of war, some were anti-Communist fighters who fought on the side of the Nazis. In secret agreement between Vyacheslav Molotov and Anthony Eden in Moscow, and confirmed by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at Yalta, these soldiers were condemned to be sent back without choice to the USSR — which meant, for vast numbers of them, certain hardship, torture, and death at cams such as Vorkuta in the Arctic Circle. The victims were aware of what lay ahead and, in many instances, chose to end their own lives before arriving on Soviet soil.
Using documents and state papers previously unavailable prior to this volume’s original publication, Nikolai Tolstoy’s magisterial expose presents the definitive study of this forced and tragic repatriation. In addition, many surviving participants who occupied key positions have provide4d testimony that seriously alters the accepted history.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this volume explores the vital question of whether the repatriation was necessary at all — and produces strong arguments to suggest that it was not. The cast characters in this dramatic story is legendary — from Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin down to the lowliest Cossack soldier. And the story remains very much a living issues: a lesson in the pros and cons of detente. The overriding themes of barbarity ad betrayal that ATolstoy so profoundly evokes in this narrative are as significant for readers today as they were at the end of the war.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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