![For me, Stalinism was even a greater philosophical problem than Nazism. Under Nazism, if you were a Jew, you were simply killed, no questions asked, you had nothing to prove. Under Stalinism, of course, most [victims] were on trial for false accusations; most of them were not traitors. There is one interesting feature: that they were tortured or through some kind of blackmail forced to confess to being traitors.](/assets/img/quote-photos/for-me-stalinism-was-even-a-greater-philosophical-problem-than-nazism-under-naz.jpg)
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