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Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century Alexandra Popoff Books Reviews
- A book that is as valuable as a warning of current political trends in Russia under Putin as it is a biography of a writer of the last century little known to most Americans (including me).
While the life of Vasily Grossman is definitively set out here, the details of that life are somewhat elusive given the chaos of the times he lived in and the state suppression he was subject to. What is clear is the courage Grossman exhibited in reporting during World War II and his writings on the striking similarities between the dehumanizing actions of the totalitarian states represented by the USSR and Nazi Germany. Jews and kulaks were both targeted Truth was not valued under either system.
The tortured story of how the Kremlin delayed, edited, and in all other manner of ways made publishing difficult or impossible for this author is alone worth reading.
The paramount dignity of the individual was an idea championed by Vasily Grossman. Of this writer, Alexandra Popoff has written a fine biography.
