The BRUTAL Execution Of Stalin's Son

[@kellycoleman715]

My college Russian professor was Ukrainian. He went to the front to fight Hitler’s army in WW2 to escape being killed by Stalin. He said that Stalin killed a million of his fellow Ukrainians. In one horrific battle against the Nazis, he was one of the few to survive. He played dead on the battlefield and made it to freedom. My prof was a remarkable man.

[@danevertt3210]

Damn

[@DanielTrant]

I am Ukrainian myself and heard so many stories like these when I used to live there. It’s so incredible what people can do to survive.

[@desimo147]

Your professor was a very smart man, who did what he had to do to survive unimaginable horror. I'm glad he got to teach and interact with a bunch of students and pass on a little bit of what he went through.

[@kellycoleman715]

@@desimo147 I agree. As a young, ignorant college student I didn’t realize the wealth of talented teachers we had at the time. Dr. Zyla was a well known and highly respected man, I later discovered. He had a wicked sense of humor though. One of the smartest guys in our class was Vietnamese. His last name was spelled DUNG. Of course Dr. Zyla made it a point to pronounce his name loudly, exactly as it is spelled, much to the embarrassment of the student. He always tried to correct the prof, saying, “It’s pronounced Zoong!” Dr. Zyla would always respond, “Oh, sorry Gaspadyin (Mr.) DUNG!” 😄

[@madarauchiha_6262]

Stalin was the reason why so many people in the soviet died by hitlers army he didn‘t let the citizens evacuate

[@garym2760]

Since nobody knows how he died the "brutal execution" title is misleading.

[@dr.max9yt459]

Exactly

[@djholliday4413]

🙄

[@tazman572]

From what I've read his autopsy concluded that he died from electrocution by running into an electrified fence BEFORE he was shot by the German guards.

[@pedropedro58er]

Well it was those evil nazis. But we don’t mention the 60million Stalin executed , starved or worked to death. 🤔🤔🤔

[@ardennezjr]

Misleading title indeed.

[@Citizen_X.]

If he exchanged his son with the German General then people would say he sent others to die but not his own family like some modern politicians. Irrespective of what you think about Stalin, it was the right move for him at that time of a World War where millions died. Whether he did it out of principle or for self-image within the party is another question.

[@8472turtle]

He couldn't really afford to exchange the general... He was getting tactical information at Suez camp I believe they put them. That was the ticket to a military advantage that no warlord in their right mind would pass up. It's sad what happened to the kid. But then again Hitler nephew was caught an executed by the nkvd and Stalin made sure Hitler knew about it. That he found out so .. that's the revenge for his son. Stalin wasn't losing power for no one or no thing. He was what he was...

[@spearshake4771]

Honestly he didn't really care for his son. When his son tried to shoot himself and survived Stalin was known for remarking: "He can't even shoot straight." Its not like Stalin refused to exchange his son out of any principles he had. He just genuinely didn't care about him is all.

[@alexibarona5807]

Stalin was a sociopath/psychopath ..of course he wouldn't care about anybody.

[@ganderstein3426]

Stalin was evil to the bone.

[@californiadreaming9216]

Xiao Hei your comment presumes that Stalin was sane, and thereby able to reason logically.

[@hayal2284]

He might not have approved of his son's choices, he might have thought he was weak but Stalin obviously loved his son, that's why he was distraught after hearing of his death. But as the leader of his country during a war, he couldn't show favoritism to his son in a war where lots of people's sons are giving their lives every day for their country. Exchanging his son for the Nazi general would have been the wrong thing to do for Stalin because had he done so it would have been really bad for the morale of the soviet soldiers and people which could have led to the defeat and annihilation of his country by the Nazis. He was put in a position to make a very hard choice...

[@lollmemmSm0keweed]

He really commited to the role as well sending Yakovs wife to a labour camp for giggles.

[@Lukedalegendz]

Joseph Stalin was probably going to torture h!tler for the death of his son if he didn't k!ill himself

[@jackbar7488]

@@lollmemmSm0keweed this guy is delusional, Stalin was an evil man, and he stands with Hitler, Mao, Tojo, Pol Pot, and Roosevelt those are his equals. Is this guy aware, Russia was invading its neighbors right before WW2 started?

[@marnoprinsloo1344]

Rubbish. I Stalin really cared, he would have made the exchange with gen. Paulus.

[@CamaradaMarte_MaCaFeMaPoVaES]

@@marnoprinsloo1344 NO, porque tu no fueses a hacer eso por falta de decoro y honor siendo una injusticia no significa que lo harian otras personas, un gran sacrificio, em mayor que hay por un bien mayor, Stalin era y es un hombre de principios

[@rafterrafter5320]

Legend has it,Stalin's son was executed by the Germans, then he ran against the electric fence and died a second time...

[@austinsquires1378]

TheUntoldPast: The BRUTAL execution of Stalin's son Also TheUntoldPast: We aren't certain how he died.

[@deathbringerfromsky7]

Exactly, reason I disliked the video.

[@CoIdHeat]

Received a mercy kill after having run into an electric fence - „the BRUTAL execution“ At this point I’m not sure if this channel is simply heavily biased or just trying to clickbait

[@mikelary88]

Saved me from watching. Thanks.

[@MrDeathMachine]

22 seconds into the video and I read this comment so I’m now stopping and finding something else to watch. Thank you for not letting this shit channel WASTE MY TIME.

[@glenevansburns1128]

😂 35 seconds and I’ll watch something else

[@wombatwilly1002]

"I will not trade a corporal for a Marshall" - Joseph Stalin

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Hitler offered to return Stalins son as a trade for Hitlers nephew who was in Soviet captivity. Of course... Stalin said "Nyet!!"

[@lawrenceniles2212]

Field Marshal Paulus would have probably been summarily executed upon his return to Germany for surrendering.

[@walterthecat2145]

Nah

[@virgilstarkwell8383]

Just as FDR would have said NO if his son Elliot had been shot down and captured.

[@GiorgiGachechiladze02]

It’s not that simple to understand Stalin, he had a deep philosophy. It’s cruel, but Stalin was just in many ways, he hated nepotism, privileged people and so on…

[@davisworth5114]

I came home from Vietnam in 1968 after two months in hospital with malaria, when I got "home" I told my father the war was wrong and we were going to lose, he opened the front door and told me to get out. I was commissioned as an officer at twenty and went through the Tet Offensive. I regret I didn't punch out my father, he died a bad death at 67. Such is life. RIP Yakov.

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

You are a brave man sir

[@alanaldpal950]

@K AMB I hope you are referring to the “war propaganda” from Vietnam and not from WW2. If you don’t respect your fathers service in WW2 and the cause that the US was fighting for then you, yes you are the one who you should feel sorry for. And even the Vietnam war with all of its faults and the less then perfect government of the south was a small part of the bigger war to fight or stop communism…. Which was a good cause. Communism and National SOCIALISM (Nazi Germany) were and are the two biggest, most Evil movements in human history. If you don’t understand that then I am sorry for you and the future of America and the world as more people seem to not understand that.

[@mongo2022]

@@alanaldpal950 Sí, es curioso cómo cada vez más gente detesta a los Estados Unidos de América...

[@djholliday4413]

@K AMB I hope you're now commenting from Canada or South America. Your dad is an effing hero!

[@nunyabiz3557]

Thank you David… I appreciate all your sacrifice. I’m pretty sure “good” dads are rarer than bad dads

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Poor Yakov he had such a hard life under his dad then his dad wrote him off when he was captured I hope Yakov eventually found the peace he deserved.

[@mehrcat1]

He did, he died!

[@Citizen_X.]

If he exchanged his son with the German General then people would say he sent others to die but not his own family like some modern politicians.

[@lanfrancoadreani9212]

Communists don't go to Heaven Bro.

[@mishacol]

@@lanfrancoadreani9212 Nobody goes.

[@lanfrancoadreani9212]

@@mishacol depends on your belief

[@33Donner77]

Stalin cared most about - Stalin. That's often the way it is with any egomaniac.

[@jeremybear573]

Sounds like Joe Biden and his Commie crew!

[@wurldtravlr620]

Trump and his gang of criminals.

[@yurilemming4130]

Were you there? How in the eff would you know?

[@chrismc410]

I'll give him this much: He loved his daughter enough to keep her away from Beria and went so far to have guys watching him and to report to him if he so much as take one step in her general direction. He also told Beria he'll do far worse than kill him if he did so much as take a step in her direction.

[@tuckt6180]

F BIDEN !

[@yurilemming4130]

Yakov was captured close to our home in Lyosno, our farm was on the main road to Smolensk. A young Russian officer escaping told my family about the moment of capture which was only moments before, Lyosno was the nazi front for 9 months. Napoleon also stationed 40,000 troops in Lyosno in 1813 he get just desserts.

[@stevefox8605]

Poor chap, just cursed from birth with a father that evil. Fascinating episode, thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

At least he served and fight for his Country and sacrifice his life, no like George Bush Jr. Who fought the Vietnam War in Texas with the National Guard...!!!

[@mikelyon6449]

@@brunokirchensittenbach9294 that's funny.

[@siddharthadesai9553]

TRAGIC..💯

[@Lazerblades]

@@brunokirchensittenbach9294 At least he flew F-102 fighter jets in Texas. Now ask what did Bill Clinton and Joe Biden do?

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

@@Lazerblades …”Lolita Express “…..

[@davidgaine4697]

My step father was a Stalinist in the 50’s before the crimes against humanity came to light. He became a Maoist but was still blacklisted by the unions. After he had done his National Service in ‘48 he tried to get an engineering job in Wolverhampton but because of politics he changed to social work eventually becoming a Director in local government. He hated me and I hated him. It was an alpha male thing but he did leave money for my daughter in his will. He had his own kids who were awful people just as maladjusted has him. He was a dry drunk with all the isms of alcoholism but wouldn’t allow himself to be out of control because of his latent narcissism. He was good to my Mum though and his last words to me were “look after your Mother.”

[@Kacee2]

That's too bad because he would have made a perfect Democrat politician by today's standards. Maybe even President.

[@scottabc72]

@@Kacee2 He's British trump stooge

[@Kacee2]

@@scottabc72 so what ? I was just saying. I don't care where he's from.

[@paulsmith8997]

Those of the left are mentally defunct.on the right at least you have some chance!

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

@@paulsmith8997 Nazis are right wing

[@elena25671]

The anti-communist and anti-Stalinist blame Stalin for not willing to exchange Paulus for his son. But, if Stalin had accepted the exchange, the anti-communist and anti-Stalinist would still blame Stalin for being selfish, thinking of his family interest....

[@Erabbz]

The fact that he was a kind child is actually heart breaking as shit! If I had the money and power I would of just banished him but made sure he was well taken care of

[@steved2623]

Starlin was the epitome of evil, he made Hitler look like a boy scout.

[@TerminusEst1982]

@newland50 I agree, although the difference with Hitler was he started out pretty well. Stalin was a sociopath from day one.

[@derin111]

@@TerminusEst1982 Well not really. All the warning signs of what Hitler had planned for the “people’s of the East and the Jews” and the German people and society were already written, in black and white, in Mein Kampf decades before WW2 and the Holocaust. So, it’s a bit disingenuous to describe him as “starting out pretty well”! The is no degree of “pretty well” for a rabidly racist, tyrannical, war-mongering dictator and Hitler was all of those things right from the start.

[@sagapoetic8990]

@newland50 The Soviets killed more people than Hitler and it is possible, they killed more Jews than he did. You forget Jewish victims of the Soviet's gulag system. According to Anne Applebaum's book, Gulag, the Nazis travelled to the USSR back when they were friends, to learn the Soviet gulag system and how they could utilise it. Some historians estimate the Soviets killed about 20 million people of various religious backgrounds

[@steved2623]

@newland50 agreed

[@DNSMLT]

No war is a good war. Period.

[@vladof_putler]

Stalin had 6 children. The only one he actually loved was his daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.

[@akromabdurakhmonov5900]

I don't get why people condemn Stalin for not exchanging his son for a German general. It is a duty of the leader to look at the big picture, to do what's best for the nation rather than themselves. There are tons of stuff that show Stalin's evils, but this particular decision of his was the right one in my opinion.

[@Ast151]

Agree. Considering that the opposition was still very powerful in 1940th and he already lost lots of points by letting Hitler invade the country

[@imyourdaddy5822]

Although to be fair, even if that weren't the case I doubt Stalin would've tried to save him~

[@jiankang813]

Stalin was a dictator, but on exchanging his son with an enemy’s general, his decision was absolutely right.

[@dwightschrute900]

No.

[@lolok1099]

You’re wrong

[@pat442389]

im actually not sure what i think about this. John Mccain could have gone home early (when he was a POW in Vietnam) due to his father being the former commander of the pacific fleet, but John Mccain refused special treatment. I guess what im trying to say is theres no real right answer. My grandfather was a POW in nazi germany and im sure he wouldve liked to come home, as im sure his parents wouldve wanted him to come home. If you are a leader you should lead by example. russian families gave everything they could to stop hitler. why should stalins son get a free pass while a farmers' son gets stuck in a prison camp?

[@Elmasdrakosinfenixov]

Nein

[@TheWolfsnack]

He also refused to swap Hitler's nephew for him as well...

[@edg8535]

"He (Stalin) should have cared more than he did." Remember we are talking about Stalin.

[@rg20322]

Stalin - the man who killed many millions of his own people and was a sadist. The fact that anyone from the former Russia holds him with any praise is disgusting.

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@rg20322 i am sure you know more about life under Stalin than Russians)))

[@jonmcgee6987]

The sad thing is he probably would have taken his own life even if he hadn't been captured. Considering what kind of "father" Stalin was to his sons.

[@PcGamerify]

Hitlers nephew was also captured, Heinz Hitler

[@Sb-er6bs]

He was a great dad, nothing quite like Xmas rounds the Stalin's

[@塔兰克里格]

A German general will kill thousands more Soviet family to lose sons and daughter A Yakov is just a solider

[@bobross8786]

@@塔兰克里格 I guess stalin saw yakov as just a statistic

[@3John-Bishop]

The Nazi soldiers were killing machines

[@patverum9051]

It became clear early on that Stalin was a psychopath, when he had three generals executed who failed to defeat the Finns although they had 8 times the number of troops..

[@FZ2HELL]

The captains of the red army were instructed to shoot retreating soldiers.

[@davidfryer9359]

Socialists and communist reach to high with their expectation. They are better with their head separated from their shoulders.

[@altergreenhorn]

It became clear that you aint a friend with the history, namely Stalin purged his military since 1930. When the Finn war stated Stalin had less than 50% of WWI senior staff mostly the less smart ones was left. This was the main reason for poor performance in Soviet - Finn war and later in the WWII as well.

[@jennifercunha2539]

@@FZ2HELL I believe that didn't happen until Leningrad

[@jennifercunha2539]

@@FZ2HELL I believe that didn't happen until Leningrad

[@cfox7811]

your title declares his BRUTAL execution yet you go on to say he threw himself against the electric fence.

[@georgcantor7172]

It's all according to perspective akin to how Nazis were saying that Jews threw themselves into the gas chambers or how the Japanese were saying that pregnant women in Nanking threw themselves on the bayonets of the soldiers from Imperial Japanese Army. Understand?

[@gringostarr69]

This "historian" is a joker.. First vid i've seen and it was mainly copied from Dr Felton + full of adds. No thanks

[@stevenvandemsky7290]

It’s always the same on this channel: If someone is killed by germans, it’s a brutal execution. If someone is killed by the allies, it‘s a justified execution 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@luissaavedra8543]

Amarillista . Cambia el título o luego nadie querrá verte.

[@nn431xru1]

brutal execution? he threw himself into an electrified fence and that is brutal? naah. far from it. what is brutal is the carelessness of Stalin about his son, and the millions of people Stalin murdered in gulags. can you make video about that?

[@janiszu1913]

@Right Hand Bolsevism - 1917 revolution - was a typicall colour revolution by modern day standarts or an attack against the state of Russia - ideas and ideology came from abroad (marxism), money came from abroad (germany). They found a local judas - Lenin - and destroyed Russia. It took 100 years for Russia to recover from this attack - 70 years of communism, till it collapsed in 1990, then plus 10 years of chaos and then Putin needed 20 years to put Russia on track again as a strong nation.

[@exequielalonsocaceresdelar7007]

For understanding this is key to keep in mind that Stalin broke his relationship with his son long before the German invasion (Yakov before had tried to suicide unsucessfully, which Stalin made fun of it)

[@colonelfustercluck486]

yes indeed, that ruined any chance of Yakov being a marksman....

[@dewrock2622]

Stalin was so ruthless he was brutal with all the Soviets soldiers that were captured and sent many of them to gulags, so I am at all surprised he didn't care for his own son

[@99mrpogi]

It definitely sucks to be a citizen if your leader doesn't care about you once you get captured by the enemy..

[@СергейКиров-ч8ц]

Thank you for sharing these solid historical facts picked up from shitty US propaganda rags. Repeating them ad nauseaum does not make them more credible. So stop blabbing/ scribbling and try to think and read some historical documents.

[@dewrock2622]

@@СергейКиров-ч8ц if you don’t know history it’s your problem, but the one who told the world about Stalin and his crimes was Khrushchev himself in his famous speech

[@virgilstarkwell8383]

Well FDR's son Elliott was in USAAF air recon and was under fire on several occasions ----what do you think FDR would have done had his son been shot down and captured and Berlin offered him for a captured German general? He would have said Nyet too.

[@99mrpogi]

In the Stalin era it's either you die in the hands of the enemies as a hero or live long enough to be a traitor..

[@chrissheppard5068]

He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class about 20 years ago.

[@chrissheppard5068]

@Glenn Wishart He has no issues as you say he is dead. Untangle your underwear.

[@chrissheppard5068]

@Glenn Wishart zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssss

[@justonemori]

"he should have cared a lot more than he did". That's a deep thing to say about Stalin.

[@jagdpanther2224]

The man of steel!

[@Elyseon]

The Man of Shit.

[@urlocalmonarchist7716]

“Soviet planes do not crash and Stalin’s son does not f#%k up” -Stalin’s son.

[@spearshake4771]

Stalin was probably like: Ha they saved me the trouble.

[@mkarthiccck]

This is a good one😄😄😁😁

[@matty6848]

Yeh he was that ruthless he probably thought that.

[@elbichoamarillo]

The title is erroneous because after the war, British officers in charge of captured German archives came upon the papers depicting his death The German records indicated that he was shot after he ran into an electric fence attempting to flee after an argument with the British prisoners; autopsy showed he died from electrocution before he was shot.

[@letoubib21]

Yeah, I read the same *. . .*

[@neilwilson5785]

Probably true

[@blatherskite3009]

Yeah, I followed up the citation on Wikipedia and while the book preview wouldn't show me the first of the two pages cited it did show the second page and it checked out; it was about the death of Stalin's son and the records seized from the camp. Interestingly, in addition to the part about the British not wanting to reveal the records to Stalin because of the way he would then question the source and volume of the documents seized, the book added that the other reason why the British didn't want to release the records was because of the way the incident happened due to hostility between British and Russian prisoners in the camp, a subject they thought could be damaging to post-war relations. So it sounds to me more like Stalin's son probably ran into an electric fence accidentally while trying to escape a beating from some British prisoners, and the German guards probably heard the commotion and opened fire, thinking it was an escape attempt. The way the British didn't want the story released strongly suggests that the blame for his death would've been placed on the British prisoners rather than the German guards.

[@crmatlockIII]

@@blatherskite3009: That sounds plausible. Being with the British soldiers likely showed that he was still a privileged prisoner and of value to the Nazi's.

[@blatherskite3009]

@@crmatlockIII Yes, that seems like the best fit for the known facts. For me, the most telling part was the British deciding that the records wouldn't reflect well on them and may even have had the potential to harm Anglo-Russian relations in the aftermath of WW2. That seems to discount any notion that it was a simple case of the Nasties executing him as they did so many others. I guess we'll get the answers for sure if we just hang tight for another 20-some years (!) because the documents will eventually be released under the 100 year rule.

[@ToreDL87]

Had he traded him for paulus it would have hurt the war effort, plain and simple. And from what I read, Yakov actually defied rarely given orders to fall back, causing the decimation of his unit and weakening the frontline. So as far as Stalin was concerned, Yakov would have been safer in a prison camp than anywhere else, he could then be quietly exiled after the war was won. Of course, on an ethical level, they should have traded all prisoners, but at that rate the war would never be finished. Putting the foot down is pretty much what Stalin did ALL the time, but, SOME times you have to put the foot down. That said, I think that deep down, and for the monster that he truly was, he actually cared.

[@ruffpuffruff4414]

What did stalin say when he shot himself with a pistol

[@afitlife]

I feel sorry for him. RIP Yakov.

[@Amped4Life]

My heart also breaks for Yakov and his memory will be in my heart as he was never loved by his father; someone needs to remember him. Ill remember him.

[@jagdpanther2224]

He died as a hero!

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@Amped4Life He definitely did not get the love he should have from his father. Some will say because of Stalin's upbringing (his father, Vissarion, was an abusive alcoholic). Yet, he was capable of loving Svetlana, so that doesn't wash. And yes, I'm sure from what I've read, he was devastated by his first wife's death, but why take it out on the child?

[@710MaryJane]

Sadly interesting! Didn’t know about the existence of Stalin’s son. Thank you for posting.

[@frank1fm634]

Mary Jane I liked your comment."Sadly interesting" is the perfect wording.It is "sadly interesting".

[@LeedsCorp]

Knew years ago

[@aka99]

stalin had more childrens. there is an interview woth his daughter. she freaked out during that interview a few seconds, because everytime she is asked about her evil father.

[@vincent7520]

Many see Stalin's refusal of trading his son against Paulus as another evidence that he was a heartless tyran. He certainly was, but I feel that this is a very difficult situation. As a leader you are also an exemple to the people you lead. The situation was so dire that the Russians' (or Soviets' if you wish) life was absolutely terrible and their victory is also due to the fact that the Soviet regime was very harsh against those who didn't obey the rules no matter what. Accepting to make an exepyio,n for his own son would have tarnish Stalin's image to all Russians. This would be true as well in a Western democracy : what would the common man have said if the sons of Eisenhower or any other Allied official been exempted from military service ? …

[@mattb2043]

Yeah, what do you think would happen, if Prince Harry was captured in Afganistan?

[@sirfer6969]

Life in Russia is still terrible...nothing changes

[@eduardoreyes4958]

@@sirfer6969 Have you been in there?????? your opinion shows your ignorance about what is Russia right now. No I am not pro Russia, I am well informed about USA, Russia, EU, etc. I like to know about the world.

[@digxx]

I think this is just another "logical" explanation, trying to humanize and relativize this behaviour. There is no evidence, that Stalin and Yakow hated each other, because of whatever might have happened between them. Yet, you just don't do that with your son... Stalin was in no way more or less brutal than Hitler. Yet they are still viewed differently in history books.

[@abc64pan]

Agreed! Still, I can't understand why the Nazis failed to see that Yakov was still valuable even after his father's rejection. They could have used him to trick Soviet troops into thinking his father was cooperating with the Nazis in exchange for preferential treatment, thereby hurting their morale. Then again, They probably thought it wouldn't do any good.

[@ymimad49]

psychopaths are not capable of love, not even for their children.

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Unfortunately is true

[@thomas5714]

How do you explain the outpouring of love from Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton then?

[@JB-kt9dx]

@Resident Zero pablo was a good man. He helped his community and helped ppl get cocaine which is medicine for lots of ppl.

[@seansimmons73]

Judy Baily- Um no. I visited my brother in law's family in Medellin & noticed they didn't have any glass windows in their house. It was because a car bomb had blown out all the windows & they couldn't afford to get them replaced. He definitely didn't help his community

[@proudcynophile1901]

@@JB-kt9dx drug dealers are not good people. He wasn't just a dealer he was a kingpin. He murdered for money and power. He had children of his own yet made tons of blood money that probably profited from a great deal of young deaths that were drug related.

[@roopalsingh4384]

Oh my god.. before watching this I really thought that he was going to be the “beloved” son of Stalin but sometimes it’s awful to have a powerful father. And he was trying to make his father proud God bless his soul

[@jagdpanther2224]

The man of steel !

[@thanglong9593]

Stalin, Khrushchev, Mao Zedong: As presidents they never sent their sons abroad, but direct to the front. Full respect!

[@michaelkagan1297]

Stalin (Russia) never joined Geneva Convention on war prisoners like other participants of the World War II. That's why Germans treated Russian POWs as sub-humans, unlike Brits and Americans who were allowed to receive mail and food from their relatives via Red Cross. In return, Soviets routinely committed war crimes against captured German POWs (Germans who were also not concerned with "pleasantries" of Geneva Convention did the same), and used millions of German prisoners as slave laborers after the war, in direct opposition to Geneva Convention rules. Stalin's declared all Russian POWs to be traitors, they were expected to kill themselves. Many of them went straight from German concentration camps to Gulag and their fate was probably worse then their German counterparts...

[@jamallabarge2665]

"Many Soviet people have sons in the Army. Why is my son more important than anyone else's son?" If he had given his son special treatment it would have hurt the cause of the war.

[@kenw9681]

Yeah, you're right.

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@kenw9681 I wish that I weren't right. The germans abused Yakov.

[@robertrobert7924]

What would you expect from The Soviet Monster. He would have eaten his own children if food supplies had dwindled.

[@velvetunderpants44]

It's interesting that throughout his life, even from early childhood, he came close to death several times. It was as if nature was trying to get rid of him.

[@robertrobert7924]

@@velvetunderpants44 Some people and families just seem to be jinxed.

[@hnys7976]

As evil as stalin was he would rather starve. Stalin believed that family is a distraction for those loyal to the soviet party.

[@JnEricsonx]

"My own son got locked up in prison, and I didn't save his life!" -Epic Rap Battles of History

[@metalheadlass9868]

I think Stalin didn’t wanna show weakness to his enemies through his son but he still didn’t expect to lose him like that. I mean he’s still a ruthless dictator who was responsible for millions of innocent lived being lost but I think long ago he used to care for his son deep down in his black heart. He just became more brutal after his death.

[@jagdpanther2224]

The man of steel, very profound!

[@kanestalin7246]

At least he sent his son to fight, you can't really say the same for modern politicians

[@j.r.arnolli9734]

Did I hear 'boon spurs'?

[@messianic_scam]

you heartless man

[@occultustactical6138]

He ran into the electric fence either accidentally or on purpose. Well said.

[@DavidR_192]

Yes, the narrative of the video was amateur at best. Sometimes plain silly.

[@joshuahernandez3216]

Yeah, welcome to the club. My dad wasn’t exactly Ned Flanders. Towards the end of his life, I think he tried a bit harder. I think he knew the end was near. He could still be a prick, though. I just knew I could walk away and he wasn’t the campion and there was no need for a fist fight. He was angry about life. What did expect from a guy that grew up in Pine Ridge Reservation and went to Vietnam early in the war?

[@thomasdailey7242]

i can see that. Forgive him son , for the both of you. If you don't feel compassion, Your Him.. He never had a chance.

[@joshuahernandez3216]

@@thomasdailey7242 Thanks, bro. I have. I was living in China for the last 3 years. Before COVID, I came back for a week and got to see him in the hospital. He couldn't speak or do much, but I knew he was going. There was no anger on either side. I'm happy for that.

[@timnor4803]

Pine Ridge is a tough place. Glad you both got some peace before the end.

[@BitterBetty76]

@@joshuahernandez3216 ❤

[@mxplk]

@@joshuahernandez3216 You did the right thing by forgiving him.

[@yourconscience749]

What’s the difference between conqueror and a murderer. ? A few million more

[@reneedennis2011]

You're right. I like your avatar!

[@jamesmcallister5494]

The winner ,is the conqueror ,the loser is the murderer .

[@dans9463]

Any battle that Rommel did, helped the Charles Manson of germany.

[@desimo147]

Those were incredibly tough times, dominated by evil and viscous men who cared nothing that their actions killed millions. And many millions more went through hardships the likes of which few ever experience now. Those men still walk among us today, but most governments have been set up to limit their power and time in office.

[@freespiritable]

This comment aged nicely

[@عليياسر-ك8ف]

@@freespiritable Damn America, are we in the age of good men?

[@Brembelia]

​@user-xu9ji4dd4e You are kidding, right? We have the grandchildren of Nazi scientists and Nazi political advocates living among us trying to take Hitler's defunct World Order and usher in a Nazi 2.0 New World Order. Prescott Bush, father of George Herbert Walker Bush (a former sitting president) and grandfather to George W. Bush (a former sitting president) and Jeb Bush (a former sitting state governor) was a co-founder of the American Nazi Party aka the John Birch Society. There is film footage of both Herbert Walker and W talking about moving towards a New World Order. People just don't understand what that means or that the underpinnings for this NWO are in Nazi Germany. America has been warfaring in other countries where millions have and will continue to be murdered with right-wing American imperialism. They control the mass media outlets so we don't get any sense of what's being done abroad, but have a close look at Venezuela in 2002 when we tried to install Juan Guaido, as our own puppet president, and oust the then sitting president, Hugo Chavez for control of Venezuela for its oil, remembering that Venezuela is a single commodity economy. Now have a look at America in conjunction with Zionist Israel which has declared itself a military state and declared war on Muslim Arab Palestine. America has sided with Israel for two reasons: (1) Because supplying Israel with munitions represents windfall profits for American contractors (General Dynamics and Raytheon), and (2) our right-wing Christo-politicians believe that whomever hold Jerusalem will rule the world. To think that the threat of Nazism has been relegated to the pages of history means people who are oblivious to the nascent nature of those who hold a tyrannical, authoritarian picture of the world owned and run by a handful if oligarchs (which we already have in place,) aren't paying attention. It all keeps coming back to the same thing; a cabal of people who want to own and rule the world with such a tight fist that life won't be worth the living. We are half way there now, and their ETA to have their NWO fully installed is 2035. People had better put down the beer, turn off the sports, and wake up. It is just about too late already.

[@thomashenebry8269]

The only difference between Stalin and Hitler was length of mustache.

[@TheMahaGuy]

Stalin was a difficult but hyper ambitious man who rose through ranks to reach the hierarchy of the Bolsheviks. He eventually shrugged off his mentor whom he would respect deeply, Lenin, and aspired for the top position in the communist setup. Once he rose to be the dictator, he was determined to hold on to the dictatorship for ever. Towards that end, he cultivated an image of himself assiduously including so much as his name which he changed from Loseb Dzhugashvili to Joseph Stalin. Stalin, meaning steel like. He was fancied by the rhetoric unleashed by the Bolsheviks and, the idea that anything goes for communism including robbery, protection rackets and plain thuggery. Thus, once he was there, he could not stand anybody or anything that would dilute his image. Including his son. Or, his humble, nondescript origins. Stalin was conscious of his short, diminutive stature. The statues that were installed all over Russia showed him to be tall man. When a portrait of him was painted real life, he'd the painter killed. His son was just as short as him. Worse, mild and effete. Hence the hatred. If the sheer scale of murders, purges and the killings of his own military men, & women, and the citizenry is compared, Hitler would stand to be a nonentity. Stalin was shaken by the havoc wreaked by the German invasion including the destruction of Leningrad, Stalingrad and countless other towns on the way and the millions of casualties. It was his insecurity that he despised anything that would compound it. Stalin did not accept the offer for exchange of the captive German field marshal Paulus because Paulus was a trophy, a prized catch by him while Yakov was a liability. The reason that explains his refusal to trade them off.

[@Shalamar-TV]

excellent writings about stalin

[@Feinrizulwur]

Proving Stalin was a narcissist full of hate even against his own son.

[@ajg3768]

Don’t complement Stalin, he was evel.

[@Simon-1965]

I heard that his his daughter said, ' on his death bed he clenched his fist and cursed God '. He was evil through and through.

[@kazimierzmalewicz3604]

@@ajg3768 he was based

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

Everyone was fighting a War of Extermination nobody were excluded, no like George Bush Jr. Who fought the Vietnam War in Texas...

[@ajg3768]

@@brunokirchensittenbach9294 . Stalin killed in 1932 6 million Ukrainians by starvation. Executed 40.000 Russian Officers in 1937. His favorite saying. You kill one person, is a murder. You kill 1 million people is a statistic.

[@robertrobinson3788]

Stalin loved Hitler until operation Barbarossa was impilimented 😆

[@TheGamer-ll2cs]

🤡🤡🤡🤡 the Soviet Union was going to attack Hitler if he didn't attack 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@chinahamyku6583]

After Stalin's son was captured by the Germans as an ordinary soldier, Germany wanted to use him in exchange for the captured German commander Paulus. After Stalin knew the news, he said that he would not exchange a commander for a common soldier. Eventually, Stalin's son committed suicide in a POW camp. On April 16, 1945, Stalin ordered an attack on Berlin, Germany, and Stalin told Marshal Zhukov, "Repay all our sufferings to the enemy." Just one week after the capture of Berlin, the population of Berlin has decreased by more than 1 million, and 2 million German women have been violated. Marshal Zhukov said that for the Soviet Red Army, this was just a victory carnival.

[@eluilus4017]

= Stalin was not corrupted😃 Like Biden

[@dodgydruid]

Up until the Russian's turned on the Nazi's outside the outskirts of Moscow, the Nazi's own Blitzkrieg and crush tactics had at the time no parallel... then the Russian's taught the Germans a whole new level of losing and I remember a book where an attached reporter to the Soviet's said the absolute astonishing brutality of the Soviets was in a league of its own and they didn't stop until they hit Berlin after annihilating half of Germany's military and if it were not for Montgomery and Churchill, Stalin almost got away with pushing Britain and America off the continent.

[@757575436]

Stalin was a butcher in his own right,to understand his son was beyond his capacity.

[@kirbycraft9325]

I agree. In fact it was stalin's, nature to treat everyone the same "beneath himself". So why then would his son be different from anyone else. Whatever happened after Yakovs' death was just realizing what he had after it was gone. Sad but true! He probably would have made a better leader than his father, if he hadn't been put to death after his father died.

[@von-Adler]

He died by his own hand. One does not run into an electric fence by chance

[@LordPinky455]

One does when being in a camp of torture and death, sometimes taking your own life seems like the onlky viable solution left!

[@von-Adler]

@@LordPinky455 The main function of that camp was work of many kinds. iF even 0.5% of prisoners were tortured I would be surprised. Running to the electrified wire was the main route for suicide.

[@michaeledwards2251]

Don't forget if any of the guards discovered who he was, they would likely have deaths in their family on the Eastern front and a massive motive for revenge. Any killing would have to be made look like suicide.

[@michaeledwards2251]

@Last chance Cowboy The HORTON stealth jet was designed and buildt by the brother who wanted revenge for the death of his brother, who was a Luftwaffe pilot in the battle of Britain. Don't underate the power of revenge as a motive.

[@ahmedsuleman7334]

@@LordPinky455 But, it's not right. Allah has given life to one for as safekeeping. If you take it yourself, you deceived Allah. So, no matter what, you must not take your life yourself. )

[@justinmcginty6815]

Brutal Execution is BS. He died accidentally...according to you. Frigging click bate.

[@jerlee620]

He can’t even commit suicide right. Worthless. -Joseph Stalin

[@yotube1ful]

“He ran into the electrified fence on purpose or [alternatively] by accident.” …What scintillating analysis. Such stirring commentary.

[@unholyiiamas]

Fascinating analysis of the only two possible scenarios!

[@johnsamu]

The ultimate explanation would be : someone probably/possibly might or might not have done or neglected something.😉

[@Frankgotem]

wow ..i just want to say thank you for all your videos. coming from africa, this are all news and new to me. but i have been watching all your videos and cant get enough....my wife is bulgarian and she explains most stuff that happened in europe to me...this is my new netflix..thanks.

[@susieq2806]

Stalin wasn't a good man, so he wouldn't have been a good Father. How sad, because it could have been so different😞

[@dougtheviking6503]

Stalin was actually worse than Hitler on certain extents

[@billh230]

When you start your life on the run because daddy was a bank robber.....

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Hitler offered to return Stalin's son in trade for his nephew who was in Soviet captivity... but...

[@susieq2806]

I heard that😞

[@courage-3954]

@@billh230 yeah like you would survive growing up in the Russian empire. Or survive an alcoholic dad. You’re weak and so is your generation

[@amandadassonville4043]

How unfortunate to be born from such a devil. 👿

[@leticiagarcia9025]

Poor Yakov. I think Stalin was incapable of love.

[@Kelmire1]

He loved his first wife. He threw himself on her cascketvas she was being buried, crying uncontrollably. This was before his rise to power and at her funeral, he vowed never to love again. That's when Stalin was truly born.

[@MVProfits]

@@Kelmire1 True. That was the turning point. The suicide of his 2nd wife probably the final nail in his black heart. But he did seem to actually love his daughter. His sons had no such luck though, for sure.

[@Texasjim2007]

His second wife did not necessarily commit suicide. She found out about his massacre of twenty million Ukrainians from one of her classmates at college and when she confronted him about it he had her whole class shipped off to the Gulags. Stalin is the only witness to her alleged suicide during an argument with him behind closed doors. He could have just as easily shot her himself during the argument. Nobody in Russia had the balls to accuse him of murder. Stalin was giving his toady from the New York Times bribes and sexual favors from the NKVD's collection of whores to cover up Stalin's mass murders in the Ukraine so it wasn't until many years later that most people even knew about Stalin's other 20 million murder victims much less bothered to do any investigative reporting on his wife's death. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@courage-3954]

@@Kelmire1 I heard about him jumping in her casket when they started lowering her. How do you know he was crying uncontrollably? I mean this happened over 110 years ago.

[@Kelmire1]

@@courage-3954 It's based on eye witness accounts. A lot of family and friends were at the funeral. Also the only reason he let go of her casket is because the police or loyalist tsar white army officers showed up to arrest him and he literally jumped the fence and bolted.

[@kyliereed200]

What a miserable existence. If a man shows no love or mercy to his own child, how could he show any mercy to others?

[@TheGamer-ll2cs]

If a man loves his nation more than his son and isn't prepared to release a smart Nazi that could cost him the war for his son, it means he was brave

[@eluilus4017]

Yes, he was also father of nation, in some other case you would be upset if father loves one son and no so much others ..

[@eluilus4017]

So many people died horrible death in war , not his biological sons, but worth to care .

[@AztlanOz]

I’d say “Stalin was a pig” but that would be insulting pigs by association what kind of vermin can you associate Stalin with, with out insulting them ?

[@doorattachment6926]

Thank you informative as always.

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@TheLeadSled]

Stalin the most wicked evil man to ever walk the earth.

[@courage-3954]

He had a very bad life. Life threw so many horrible problems at him. When he took power. He created problems for millions. This is the way humans are.

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

God is worsen.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

Hitler and Pol Pot might beg to differ.

[@lightningdriver81]

@@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp Add Mao Zedong to that list.

[@DNSMLT]

@@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp Can you share data of how many each of these dictators slaughtered? Stalin murdered way more people than Hitler did. As a matter of fact when Hitler fell Ill someone else ran the show from behind the scenes. Those who funded both sides of WWII.

[@RobynAuditoreNicol]

I've been to the concentration camp mentioned, the fence he ran in to is a few hundred yards from the main entrance/guard house. Does make you think that it was potentially deliberate - it's not a spot you'd pick to make a run for it without knowing you'd be shot 🤔.

[@michaeledwards2251]

There wouldn't happen to be a wooded area where some one could hide opposite the point where he ran into the fence ? It would provide cover for some to shoot at him driving him into the fence.

[@RobynAuditoreNicol]

@@michaeledwards2251 Ah, good point. There is although I'm not sure if there was at the time. Beyond the fence was the training buildings for the guards (I believe, I went a few years ago so not 100% sure!) So again it would seem he'd run directly in to more armed guards rather than away and in to the forest.

[@TheAnish01]

Which year did you visit Miss?

[@beestoe993]

That must have been a sad visit.

[@RobynAuditoreNicol]

@@beestoe993 It's a very haunting place, but so important to remember and share the history so it's never repeated😔

[@richardfolkman]

Stalin mourned the death of the son he didn't care for? What about all the Russian citizens he starved to death, or shot on sight, or ridiculed, or hanged, or tortured? Stalin mourning the son he was ashamed of? What is this, a circus questionnaire? It hurts to hear about Stalin's pain when our friends and relatives had to run out of Russia before WWII because they were Jews or Christian. I know you are just representing an overview and just reporting; but, the reality of this man's atrocities is beyond measure or conscience. To Hell with Marxism/Socialism forever.

[@marcpadilla1094]

People close to dictators are in just as much danger from all sides. Even from within their own family.

[@rinsedpie]

I feel sorry for Yakov

[@thegunslinger1363]

Yikes, imagine having Stalin as your dad?

[@eproctor8947]

Ask Don Jr. about that!

[@robpelick7460]

On the other hand, if your dad was a corrupt career political hack on the Chinese and Ukrainian payroll, you'd have all the crack cocaine and cheap whores you'd ever want ....just ask Hunter

[@sagapoetic8990]

@@eproctor8947 Ok, Democrat or Republican -- what's the moral of this?? Vote, vote, vote at all levels of government and make damn sure your own political system doesn't fall into corruption and that includes by members of your own political party. Demand accountability not just for the opposite party but your own, too

[@sagapoetic8990]

@@robpelick7460 Ok, Democrat or Republican -- what's the moral of this?? Vote, vote, vote at all levels of government and make damn sure your own political system doesn't fall into corruption and that includes by members of your own political party. Demand accountability not just for the opposite party but your own, too

[@aquariusverus8770]

@@eproctor8947 your comment merely serves to show your ignorance of history and the truth about what is really going on today. Try waking up before engaging your mouth.

[@johnthomson6507]

To be fair. They did try to exchange him for a German general.

[@williammkydde]

@John Thomson: As the legend goes, Stalin said: I don't exchange a lieutenant for a general.

[@huntley3999]

How is his death a "brutal execution"? He was either shot or committed suicide. I don't get the brutality part.

[@Dawe360]

or murdered. He not popular amongst the other POWs.

[@goby999]

It's always "brutal" on this stupid channel. Gotta run... about to eat a BRUTAL Lunch.

[@M98-j9k]

Brutal? He would keep acting as if he was trying to get through the wire until one day, a guard finally shot him. He wanted to die, as he knew he would be sent to the gulag or executed by his own father if he survived captivity. What's brutal is the guard was like 15 years old, and wasn't released by the Russians until he was in his 80s. That's the real crime.

[@puppiesgoarf664]

Click bait

[@fetsumm-wassie3970]

Evert time they do this, I reported them for misleading information, everyone should do the same

[@jagdpanther2224]

Yaakov was a playboy in his early days but he became a real man in his final years. As an artillery officer, he fought the German army, delayed their advance. And he refused to cooperate with the Germans for him being used as a propaganda puppet, he died in a prisoner camp although likely a suicide , his death was a heroic one. He betrayed no one, he has done more than he should. Much better than Stalin's other son: Vasily!

[@mrmindtrick99]

Your videos are amazing! Keep it up and you’ll get the attention of more people.

[@johnthomson6507]

Koba really loved yekaterina svinadze. Pity he didn't treat his son better. Although he had atleast 2 illegitimate sons. His family to nadeshda allyeva were spoiled. One a drunken disgrace his daughter later married an Indian communist and left the Soviet union.

[@GioChilaia]

ekaterine(Catherine in Georgian) Svanidze

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode. Thankyou for your content.

[@bjmarchives]

Stalin put his “work” above his son. He probably should have made that deal/trade. Also, I had to thumbs down due to the click bait title.

[@mariaida3785]

Like Peter The Great for his motherland.

[@kingjoe3rd]

​@@mariaida3785 Peter the Great was an Emperor and father of his country. Joseph Stalin was a Georgian criminal that exploited Russia and who's incompetence and malice caused the death of millions. The Russian people (who faced extinction had they lost) won the war, not Stalin. Communism has always attracted jaded intellectuals and criminals. The criminals always throw out/murder the intellectuals and then all you have left is a criminal regime committing criminal acts. We have seen this happen in Soviet Russia all the way to the CHAZ last year.

[@CapricornSunSagRisingLibraMoon]

So now I'm confused. In your previous video you said Yakov was offered in exchange for Heinz Hitler (Hitler's son but Stalin refused. In this video you said Yakov was offered in exchange for some general. Can you tell me which is correct ...

[@ahmadjundi2578]

both

[@cainmathewson1857]

Upon the offer to exchange Yakov, his only son, for Paulus from the Germans, Stalin simply replied "I would not trade a Marshall for a Lieutenant."

[@joellema9879]

I thought he actually said something worse. I thought he said: I don’t have a son named Yakov.

[@nosuchthing8]

Wow. So cold.

[@cainmathewson1857]

@@nosuchthing8 Indeed. But apparently, after hearing about Yakov's death, he fell silent for some time and simply stared at his son's photograph. He kept the photo on his person for the rest of his life when he never did so while Yakov was alive. A lot of mystery behind that monster.

[@kimberlypatton9634]

It wasnt life that had been unfair to Yakov...it was his own heartless father...

[@googane7755]

I can somewhat understand his refusal to trade his son for a field marshal as this sets a terrible example to his people and undermines the war effort by releasing such a high ranking general. Other than that, he was just plain terrible.

[@billypoppins9138]

I am a father and I would consider the same thing if I were in a leadership role. Many sons of the USSR died.

[@winnienguyen4420]

I certainly don't favor the Nazi's and I consider both Hitler and Stalin to be the epitome of evil, but many innocent Germans died in Soviet concentration camps (Gulags) as well. Western democracies are quite lucky that these two Totalitarian regimes turned on each other.

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

Not really, US would have nuked them both if it got to that stage! The only country with the A-Bomb, Soviet Union didn't have theirs for another 4 years after the war ended.

[@violetmartha916]

My dad was a German soldier and his only sibling died in a Russian POW camp at the age of 26. My father's mother died weeks after receiving the news. The order of service for her funeral stated that she died of a broken heart. My Dad lost his home and most of his family but made a new life for himself in England.

[@mrz1703]

@@violetmartha916 My grandfather was an aircraft mechanic in the Luftwaffe stationed in Norway. Not a NAZI, nor was any other known family member. Many Germans opposed the war but sadly are grouped into an evil class of people and continue to be stigmatized. Be proud of your heritage 😄👍. The Schnizel and spetzle are almost ready...😊 btw, the Russians were just as brutal as the SS. I've heard some awful first hand account stories ✌

[@RalphReagan]

Amen

[@jameskim3301]

Stalin murdered over 20 million Russian peasants, Ukrainians, Poles and Germans. During world war 2, General George Patton said they fought the wrong enemy. West should’ve defeated the communists. They are the true menace to the world.

[@Rayman1971]

Wow.... I thought my "father" was a pr!ck, but Stalin really takes it to a new level

[@northrendicecrown631]

You should’ve made a comparison between stolen son and Hitler’s nephew being captured

[@d0nKsTaH]

Hit the edit button on upper right corner.. and change "Stolen" to Stalin. Heh

[@simonkevnorris]

I've found that when I lost using my Kindle it's sometimes hard to stop the auto correct. Also once a post is made I can't edit it just delete it.

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

Just another prime example of the type of man Stalin was. To people like that, communists, fascists, capitalists or democrats, everyone is expendable. Sends a strong message as well though. How can anyone dare refuse to give all in defence of one's homeland, when your leader willingly gave up his sons life?

[@slavicemperor8279]

I don't deny the bad things Stalin did but this was pretty reasonable. There is no Russian family that didn't lose someone in WW2, be it the civillians that were killed by Germans or Red Army casualties. As a leader of a country, bailing your own son out of German hands, while millions of sons of other people had to suffer and starve in POW camps wouldn't have left a good image as a leader. I think he did the right thing, although I am very sorry for what Yakov had to go through either way.

[@mattolivier1835]

Capitalism? Are you drunk? I'm a Capitalist and definitely don't believe people are expendable. I think you meant to say, "Statists". You could also use the word "collectivist".

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

@@mattolivier1835 good for you. Its a shame that those capitalists in charge don't feel the same way. The banks and big business leaders that own western politicians, pharmaceutical companies, drug cartels and the like.

[@mattolivier1835]

@@LoudaroundLincoln Those people you mentioned are statists - not capitalists! At least not free market capitalists. The people you mentioned gain their power and money using the gov't. That's statism. Without gov't they wouldn't be successful. Gov't is the problem - not capitalism.

[@legokingtm9462]

And Republican think people are not expandable? Lol

[@bentencho]

This is how bad Stalin was.... even Hitler was a better family member. One of Hitler's nephew was captured by the Red Army, and Hitler personally offered to exchange Stalin's son for Hitler's nephew.... and Stalin was the one that declined.

[@dahur]

I repaired a phone line for an older German lady who had emigrated to the US after the war. We were talking about the second WW, and she said "everyone thinks Hitler was the worst. They don't realize Stalin killed 20 million of his own people. As bad as Hitler was, Stalin was many times worse." There were some things I could have come back with, but I didn't say anything.

[@haroldfiedler6549]

It wasn't even an "execution." Far more accurately it was suicide by machinegun equipped sentry.

[@McIntyreBible]

That just shows how heartless Stalin was; he didn’t even save HIS OWN SON!

[@neilwilson5785]

Err, he would need to defeat the Nazis to get to his son.

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

@@neilwilson5785 Ah, he had the opportunity to trade him for a German prisoner but said no. See 5:50

[@stefanflorea9455]

Stalin didn't save "HIS OWN SON" like any normal leader today or yesterday. The rest of the sons don't count anyway.

[@McIntyreBible]

@@stefanflorea9455 Stalin didn't possess any normal fatherly affection.

[@stefanflorea9455]

@@McIntyreBible How do you know?

[@johnbarnes5237]

Stalin loathed his son. He was probably pleased since he could claim he had “suffered” in the war, too.

[@roberthudson1959]

The German Army of WW2 had five ranks of general officers: major general, lieutenant general, general, colonel general, and field marshal. Paulus was promoted to field marshal the day before he surrendered, with the expectation he would commit suicide.

[@faridzeynalov8619]

I don't understand the comments. If you put everything aside, this just shows how truthful and brace Stalin was. I can't imagine giving away my dog, let alone my son, to Nazis. He had to show an example that no one will receive a preferential treatment. This is why millions followed him and were ready to fight till the end. ( I know people will say that otherwise they would be killed but majority was following him anyways). P.s I am not brainwashed at all. All my childhood, I was taught at school that Stalin was the devil incarnate.

[@panderson9561]

I recall reading when Stalin was offered the exchange of his son for Paulus he replied "I have no son."

[@ЭЮЯ-о3к]

No, Stalin said, "I don't exchange generals for soldiers."

[@electrichellion5946]

Stalin had his family jailed in concentration camps as well.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

What a disgusting man.

[@1brenmaster]

He disobeyed orders to fall back, retreat and regroup. Instead he led a failed attack that saw most of his command killed not to mention weakening the Russian line. When you think in in terms of the "collective" you can see why Stalin was mad at him. Hitler had also tried to trade him for is nephew so Stalin could well have believed a prison camp behind the lines away from battle was the safest place for him and a trade or liberation at war end more than possible.

[@juanitarichards1074]

Stalin sent the poor guy to the front lines and handed him to the Nazis on a plate. Some father....

[@1brenmaster]

@@juanitarichards1074 you missed the point. He was Artillery who sit behind the lines generally. He handed himself on a plate by not following orders and trying to be a hero. Safest place for him to be was an officer's prison camp to sit out the war but he couldn't even do that. His safety almost guaranteed as Stalin had Hitler's nephew and high ranking officer that Hitler clearly wanted to trade him for. He fell out with the British prisoners there . He ran into and electric fence being chased by said British prisoners and got entangled in it. Only then he was shot by a German prison guard ( possibly to put him out of his misery) As to why he was sent to war in the first place you'll find your answer in communism.

[@1brenmaster]

@@juanitarichards1074 I'm not trying to defend Stalin , he and communism as a whole far surpass Hitler when it comes to blood on their hands. In this case though it's fairly clear than Stalin's son was the architect of his own demise.

[@juanitarichards1074]

@@1brenmaster An unloved boy who tried every which way to earn his fathers love......and died for it.

[@omarsantillan5880]

Dont defend Stanlin Simp

[@salus1231]

It's crazy when you think about it that Stalin lived until 1953. All those generals and high -ranking officers in the 1930s purges, you would have thought the penny would have dropped that any one of us could be next and that they would had this clear psychopath eliminated. Obviously they let him die in 1953 by not getting any help when the mad bastard had a stroke, or was maybe poisoned, but if someone had decided to do it before the war, they could have saved millions of lives, and their cowardice deserves to be put on trial because they all knew he was mad.

[@99mrpogi]

Actually Stalin issued a decree to the guards outside his room to not open his room no matter what.. he even tested his guards by pretending to be suffering from an ailment and he executed his guards who opened his room

[@michaelmckenna6464]

@@99mrpogi Stalin certainly loved executing people. After pretending to need help so he could execute a guard for disturbing him after he gave the order not to be disturbed, he really did need help but nobody came to his aid because they didn’t want to get executed for disobeying a lawful order. How ironic.

[@99mrpogi]

@@michaelmckenna6464 note to dictators.. never issue a do not disturb or get shot order if there will be a time that you might really need help..

[@jonathanse9500]

@@99mrpogi Oh wow! How ironic! He really did deserve what happened to him, whether this was true or not. As the saying goes, what goes around comes around. His evilness and love for torturing and executing people ultimately led to his end.

[@jonathanse9500]

@@michaelmckenna6464 Yes it indeed is! He really deserved his end, after all that he had done to tens of millions of his people and the evil he brought upon this world... The only tragic thing is that it didn't happen 30 years prior.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Just imagine what Stalin would have done to a captured Hitler, especially after this...

[@nigeldereckalcalde7132]

He wont care about his son

[@corridorzzz5872]

He didn't care about his son

[@benwinter2420]

What we have done to to Stalin more like child