In hindsight in the early 30s, Bolshevism was considered the greater threat, than Hitler. And as far as the Nazis anti-semitism, well, most of the world was anti-semitic, so it didn’t raise too much ire. And many saw Hitler was a reasonable bulwark against the threat of Bolshevism.
>>In hindsight in the early 30s, Bolshevism was considered the greater threat, than Hitler. And as far as the Nazis anti-semitism, well, most of the world was anti-semitic, so it didn’t raise too much ire. And many saw Hitler was a reasonable bulwark against the threat of Bolshevism.
Yep. Word about the CHEKA’s mass executions, not only of Czarists, but first on the list were other Socialist revolutionary elements, was carried to the West on a tide of refugees. People forget that Hitler learned about the effectiveness of concentration camps and death labor from Stalin’s gulags.