Stalin's murders and the West

[Thomas Lundvall]

>From: "davemarc" <davemarc at panix.com>
>To: "Pynchlist" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Stalin's murders and the West
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:34:40 -0400
>

> >
>Here's another reason for the difference:  The survivors of Nazi genocide
>have made an unprecedented effort to keep the atrocities in the public
>conscience and bring perpetrators to justice.  Many survivors also happen 
>to
>be politically active and dispersed around the world.  Furthermore, the 
>many
>nations directly affected by the Holocaust and World War II were also home
>to most of the media of the Twentieth Century.  On top of that, there has
>been a major effort in the West (not only by historians and bureaucrats but
>by politicians and "the people") to document and otherwise "come to terms"
>with the Holocaust.
>
>d.

In addition to this, the Russian mass media was censored by the government 
for a great many years, and I believe that made a big difference in the 
amount of media coverage the murders got in the beginning.

Thomas
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