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The Siege of Leningrad was a natural manifestation of National Socialism
2024-01-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Khudiev

[REGNUM] On January 27, 1944, Soviet troops lifted the blockade of Leningrad. The Nazis' plan to completely starve out the entire population of the city was thwarted, although the number of victims, according to modern estimates, exceeded a million people. The further into the past these great and terrifying events recede, the more what our recent ancestors faced then disappears from people’s perceptions. Moreover, many are picking up the story about the “clash of two totalitarian regimes,” which are supposed to be equally bad. However, we should not forget what is unique about National Socialism, which sharply distinguishes it even against the general gloomy background of the twentieth century. Nazism was the most consistent rejection of Christianity in history - much more consistent than communism, for all its bitter atheism, was.
That’s because Soviet Communism was around for long enough that religious mothers and grandmothers of Party cadres had to be allowed their little quirks. Nazism was defeated and disgraced in only about fifteen years.
Over the long centuries of Christianity, European civilization has adopted a number of ideas that have become ideals for it. In reality, of course, people were far from these ideals, but at least they were generally accepted guidelines.
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