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Now in paperback, one of the most tragic episodes of World War II ―the forced repatriation of two million Russian POW's to certain doom
At the end of the Second World War, a secret Moscow agreement that was confirmed at the 1945 Yalta conference ordered the forcible repatriation of millions of Soviet citizens that had fallen into German hands, including prisoners of war, refugees and forced laborers. For many, the order was a death sentence, as citizens returned to find themselves executed or placed back in forced-labor camps. Tolstoy condemns the complicity of the British, who “ardently followed” the repatriation orders. 24 photos"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Nikolai Tolstoy is a highly recognized historian and biographer. He is a White Russian and heir to the senior line of the Tolstoy family. His great-grandfather was a cousin of the world-famous novelist. In compiling Victims of Yalta, Tolstoy spent five years of intensive research traveling all over Europe to interview survivors and inspect sites of repatriation operations. His previous works include The Coming of the King, The Quest for Merlin, The Minister and the Massacres, The Night of the Long Knives, Stalin's Secret War, and The Tolstoys. He lives in Somerset, England.
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“Majestic and harrowing. No humane person could fail to be disturbed.”
- The Spectator
“Finally the history of a cruel betrayal on the part of the West of millions of helpless people is being told and exposed.Exposure can no longer save any of the victims, but it can be a warning for the future.”
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
“One of the darkest blots on the British record is the forcible repatriation of very large numbers of Soviet citizens at the end of the Second World War. Some committed suicide rather than return. Many were murdered the moment they reached Soviet soil. Many more died in camps in appalling conditions. This is harrowing reading not only because of the suffering of the victims but also because of the cold blindness of the officials and politicians who sent them to their fate.”
- The TImes (London)
“A sordid picture of British hypocrisy and complicity with Stalinist terror. Passionate and copiously documented.”
- Newsweek
“A full and profoundly disturbing account. He seems to have inherited a gift from Leo Tolstoy.”
- The Economist
- The Spectator
“Finally the history of a cruel betrayal on the part of the West of millions of helpless people is being told and exposed.Exposure can no longer save any of the victims, but it can be a warning for the future.”
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
“One of the darkest blots on the British record is the forcible repatriation of very large numbers of Soviet citizens at the end of the Second World War. Some committed suicide rather than return. Many were murdered the moment they reached Soviet soil. Many more died in camps in appalling conditions. This is harrowing reading not only because of the suffering of the victims but also because of the cold blindness of the officials and politicians who sent them to their fate.”
- The TImes (London)
“A sordid picture of British hypocrisy and complicity with Stalinist terror. Passionate and copiously documented.”
- Newsweek
“A full and profoundly disturbing account. He seems to have inherited a gift from Leo Tolstoy.”
- The Economist
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- PublisherPegasus Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 160598454X
- ISBN 13 9781605984544
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages608
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