Russia

by Carolyn Yeager

Above: General Andrei Vlasov speaks to Soviet collaborators wearing the uniform of the German Wehrmacht, after completion of field service training.

Right: ROA (Russian Liberation Army) Chevron Identification insignia.

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What David Irving wrote about Vlasov in his book about Joseph Goebbels

Guess what? It all fits on one page, 770, of the Pdf version of Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich. It reads as follows:

The Case of what David Irving wrote about Joseph Goebbels according to Wolf Wall Street.

The question: Did Goebbels fight to convince Adolf Hitler to put the captured Soviet general and collaborator Andrey Vlasov into the field against the Red Army, sometime before 1943?

Background: Vlasov's army was surrounded and he was captured on July 12, 1942. A Baltic German captain convinced Vlasov to cooperate with the German Army. Vlasov was taken to Berlin under the protection of the Wehrmacht's propaganda department. He founded the "Russian Liberation Committee" in hopes of forming a Russian Liberation Army. In Spring 1943 Vlasov wrote an anti-Bolshevik leaflet that was dropped by the millions on Soviet forces. He also wrote an open letter against Bolshevism. The propaganda department issued Russian Liberation Army patches to Russian volunteers using Vlasov's name, but those who wore them never served under his command. Both Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler were against giving Vlasov command of an army of Russians so it wasn't until March 1945 that he was given this opportunity. His final act in early May was to allow his battalions in Prague to join the Czech Resistance and fire upon the SS troops still fighting there.

Nov. 17, 2014

Adolf Hitler, at the left, at his Wehrwolf headquarters near Vinnytsia, Ukraine in 1942 or 43.

Ukrainians and their relationships with their neighbors through the centuries. How did Ukraine become a Slavic nation? Just how much of a role did Hitler play in the sufferings of Ukrainians in 1941-44? 1h38m.

• The Goths, the Huns and the Khazars all settled in the area at different times;
• The Varangians (Scandinavians) arrived around 880 and created the most powerful state in Europe: Kievan Rus;
• It was devastated by a 13th Century Mongol invasion and eventually succeeded by the state of Galicia-Volhynia;
• Lithuanians and Poles controlled vast estates in Ukraine, the Cossacks led an uprising and Russians moved into the Crimea;
• Hitler reunites Eastern Galicia and Volhynia with Ukraine;
• What led to the violent ethnic cleansing between Poles and Ukrainians in Volhynia in 1943;
• Why the spirit of extreme nationalism contradicted the concept of the Slavic nations and National Socialist Germany fighting the Soviets together.

See that inverted triangle in the center? That is a beautiful example of the kind of Ukrainian floral/fruit design that I like so much. I believe such folk art developed from the importance to them of the fertility of the earth, which Ukraine definitely represents. Enlarge

Nov. 3, 2014

Carolyn Yeager continues with her study of Poland and how it became the country that we know today, that gave Adolf Hitler so much trouble. 1h37m

• What modern demographics tell us about the Poles and how much they appreciate the big territory they have;
• The so-called Polish monarchs from 900 to 1300, and the legendary ones from the 6th-9th centuries;
• The Statute of Kalisz granted Jews unprecedented legal rights and preferential treatment over Christians;
• The rule of Jogaila (Polish=Jagiello), of the Lithuanian Gediminid dynasty, and the tale of Jadwiga (Hedwig);
• Wars between Jogaila and the Teutonic Knights Order - how Jogaila snatched defeat out of victory;
• The paucity of world-class Polish cultural figures and artists;
• Introduction to the Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansing in Volhynia in 1943.

Image: Fictional portrait of King Jagiello and young Queen Jadwiga

The Russian Federation is a multi-ethnic state with the 2nd largest number of immigrants in the world, after the U.S. But it represents "Freedom", according to "the Saker" and Alexandr Dugin. Freedom for whom?

Oct. 25, 2014

Carolyn Yeager goes beyond the reality of Race to the further distinction of Ethnicity and how that leads to various Ideologies. 1hr57min.

• The Hitler view of the healthy state and the Putin view do not coincide;
  

• The ethnicities of Europe and their distinct cultures cause discomfort to Globalists, WN's and to Putinists;
• The concept of "Novorossia" appears to be just another way to expand territorial control;
• Callous disregard for Russian boy-fighters recruited online described by mother of dead son;
• The Saker blog is criticized for promoting East-West division and obviously dishonest fund-raising tactics;   
  
• I forgot to talk about the "Zombie Nazi Invasion" video created by a Russian rights group to warn about the dangers of racism and xenophobia. Don't miss it!
  

Oct. 20, 2014

Why Hitler and Himmler did not enlist nationalist Russians and other Slavs to help them fight the war on the Eastern Front.2hr04min.

• Adolf Hitler's opinion of Jews and Slavs originated with his experiences in Vienna in his late teens, early twenties;
• Hitler considered the Germanic peoples the leading race of Europe and once much of Europe was occupied by the German Reich, thought to include other Germanic nations/peoples into the Reich, but only after careful "Germanization";
• Himmler was desirous of preserving all "Germanic blood" - Hitler advised caution;
• Danzig Free State and "Falsifications of Polish History" give important background on the true long-term intentions of Poland against Germany;
• Himmler speaks at some length about "the Russian" whether Czarist or Stalinist, and about General Vlasov in his speech at Posen, Oct. 4, 1943;
• The N-S attitude is "we take care of our own first" and this is what the so-called anti-slavism is all about.

Image: Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler shakes hands with captive Russian General Andrey Vlasov. Enlarge

Lyudmila Bogantenkova ("Mother Prikumya"), head of the organization Committee of Soldiers' Mothers (right) was arrested on Friday, Oct. 17 in the Stavropol Territory and placed in jail. She is not allowed to see a lawyer until Monday.The news was reported on the "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" Facebook page.

According to the report, the Committee's office of Budennovsk and Budennovsky district was searched and at the same time the 73-year-old human rights activist was charged under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud). 

Bogatenkova has for many years sought to actively protect soldiers, revealing the facts of inhumane treatment and torture of conscripts. In recent months, her organization has been investigating the circumstances of the deaths of Russian troops in July-August 2014.

In August, a human rights activist referred to the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Council (HRC) information about nine Russian soldiers killed on the 9th and 11th August 2014 in the area of ​​the military training facility in the Rostov region. They were doing military service under contract in the 18th motorized infantry brigade (in / h 27777).

According to the information received, members of the HRC sent to the Chief Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, requesting to open a criminal investigation into the deaths of servicemen and to verify the circumstances of their death. An answer to this request still has not  been received.

Lyudmila Bogatenkova is an expert of the Standing Committee on Civil-Military Relations, HRC.

From kasparov.ru/material.php?id=54420D5351A5C

Also see my post from August: Are Russian Troops dying in East Ukraine?

Oct. 13, 2014, a worker prepares a new statue of Russia's last Czar, Nicholas II, in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, in preparation for staging a hero's welcome for Russian President Vladimir Putin during the country's first military parade in 30 years. Ironically, Nicholas II was murdered with his wife and children by the Bolsheviks whose leader, Lenin, is still honored in Moscow.

From Reuters and AP news stories -

Thursday, Oct. 16th is the date for a visit from Russia's Vladimir Putin to Serbia's big celebration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from National-Socialist Germany occupation. On Oct. 20, 1944,  the Red Army and Yugoslav Communist Partisans together forced the "Nazis" to retreat across the River Sava.

Putin to be guest of honor

Guns, tanks and planes will again be in the city, now capital of Serbia, for a Liberation Day parade held four days early to accommodate the guest of honor -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, en route to a summit in Milan.

Hazards of a Russian highway in winter-spring

Paul Goble reports:

October 10 – The state of Russia’s road system, which now ranks 136 out of 144 countries evaluated, is so bad that even Vladimir Putin, who recently has been given to upbeat statements about the country, has had to change his tone.

At a meeting of the presidium of the State Council in Novosibirsk yesterday (the day after his birthday break), Putin changed his approach and spoke about the real problems of what he said was “a vitally important” sector of the Russian economy, one that other participants painted in even darker colors than he.