4000 were deported back to Germany, where they ended up in concentration camps
Counts as a “had them killed,”
Yes, likely to a large share. Stalin sent those members of the KPD to (almost) certain death, who weren’t completely in line with the Stalinist ideology. If they belonged to the party elite, there were rightoff killed by the NKVD directly.
I feel like you’re ascribing a kind of logic to Stalin’s purges that didn’t exist. It definitely wasn’t as straightforward or honest as determining what your ideology was, and then killing you if it wasn’t the right one. You know the joke about “10 years hard labor for nothing? That can’t be right…”?
Gonna go ahead and say that
Counts as a “had them killed,” so
Are the only ones who are the
Still correct, but damn son.
Yes, likely to a large share. Stalin sent those members of the KPD to (almost) certain death, who weren’t completely in line with the Stalinist ideology. If they belonged to the party elite, there were rightoff killed by the NKVD directly.
I feel like you’re ascribing a kind of logic to Stalin’s purges that didn’t exist. It definitely wasn’t as straightforward or honest as determining what your ideology was, and then killing you if it wasn’t the right one. You know the joke about “10 years hard labor for nothing? That can’t be right…”?