<p>'Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, even primary school children. But why Stalin is such a mystery I'm at a loss to explain.'</p>Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, even primary school children — and quite right too. But why Stalin is such a mystery — not least because he arguably rivals Hitler in wickedness — I'm at a loss to explain.

'Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, even primary school children. But why Stalin is such a mystery I'm at a loss to explain.'Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, even primary school children — and quite right too. But why Stalin is such a mystery — not least because he arguably rivals Hitler in wickedness — I'm at a loss to explain.

Paul Dowswell: In My Bottom Drawer

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