Michael Solochov (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Michael Solochov. (SCHOLOCHOW (a. Solochov), Michail (Alekssandrovic)). Skola Nenavisti ("Science of Hatred"). Vydavatelstv Cizojazycne Literatury, Moscow, 1944. This is the Czech version, printed in Moscow in 1944. 5.25"x4.25", 27pp. Printed wrappers. NO COPIES of the Moscow 1944 imprint are in WorldCat. Two editions from 1945 (printed in Brno and Prague) have only 3 copies found (National Library Czech, Oxford, one other.) [++] Difficult imagery on the cover. [Condition] Given the quality of the paper this small pamphlet is in VERY GOOD condition.[Note on the cover design: the sign at bottom right next to the dead Soviet soldier reads "Div. Gefangenen Sammelst" or something like "prisoner assembly area/prisoner collection area). [Provenance] This is from the "Library of Congress Mission to Europe (Enemy Publications Collection Program) sometimes referred to as part of the U.S. Documents and Publications Collection Program, conducted with support from the OSS, Army Intelligence, and FIAT/CIOS. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their special rubber stamp for the "collecting" program of significant published material during WWII, "The Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications". The (IDC) was a World War II-era United States committee that collected foreign publications for intelligence purposes, similar to the Library of Congress Mission to Europe (Enemy Publications Collection Program) sometimes referred to as part of the U.S. Documents and Publications Collection Program, conducted with support from the OSS, Army Intelligence, and FIAT/CIOS. [++] This is a short story, a Soviet tale of war, of hatred, of revenge, and of course of love for the Motherland. Of being fantastically abused, captured, and escape to return to the Front to fight viciously for the end of the war. I think almost no one army had it quite so terribly bad as G.I. Ivan, not only because of the vicious attack by Germany and the Nazis but also of what was expected of them, the impossible demands made of them, by their own leadership. [++] The story "centers on a Soviet lieutenant who is captured by the Germans (or enemy forces) during the war, endures captivity, suffers greatly, escapes, and returns to the front. In his return and continuation of battle, the story shows how from love of homeland and people grows an intense hatred of the enemy hence the title "The Science of Hatred". For example, one commentary states: In this story the author shows how the great hatred is born from a great love for the Motherland, home, native land, culture. The piece is clearly propagandistic in its context: written during the Great Patriotic War (the Eastern Front of WW2), it serves to stir courage and hatred of the fascist enemy among Soviet readers."--ChatGPT for synopsis.