History 2145A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo, Compulsory Sterilization
28 Apr 2012
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A jew who rose to power in russia when religion was a difficult thing to be part of (anti-semitism) existed in. Increasing the viciousness of lenin, his red terror made the cheka look like a joke. Wrote material against lenin and stalin and eventually kicked out of the communist party and russia moved around, he ends up in mexico where he makes a plea to all nations: do something about stalin. Brutish, thuggish, hired to intimidate those who opposed the government. Once you were in the cheka, you couldn t leave. Ran the gulags and put down riots and rebellions of peasants. Wealthy peasant farmers, forced by stalin to produce for the whole of russia. Problematic because the wealthy farmers were forced to share with the less successful farmers. Boycotted their own machinery and burned their own crops (to get back at stalin s regime). Rural russia under stalin was a complete disaster. Mass killings of farmers (in secret) resulted.
