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Anton Grinberg
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Астрид Линдгрен. Дневник. 9 мая 1943
"There’s also been quite a row, which I haven’t really followed, between the Russian and Polish governments. I didn’t even know there was a Polish government, but I presume it’s based in London. Anyway, the Polish government has demanded an investigation, through the Red Cross, of somedreadful mass graves in Katyn (I think it was called), where the Russians killed and buried 10,000 Polish officers after they annexed Poland. Yes, God preserve us from the Russians! They’ve also been rowing about Poland’s future borders and relations with Russia, but as I say, I haven’t been paying attention. "

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en dagboksanteckning från 1940: ”Jag tror jag hellre säger ”Heil Hitler” i hela mitt liv än får ryssarna över oss.”

Запись в дневнике от сорокового года:
"лучше всю жизнь говорить Хайль Гитлер чем быть под русскими."

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Как сейчас, после ректоров трех известных университетов, стало популярным мемом - зависит от контекста. После сообщений об освобождении Финляндии и о поведении красной армии, для нееврейского населения таки да, если выбирать кто завоюет, это не ссср. "The worst thing is, soon we won’t even be able to wish for a German defeat any more, because the Russians are on the move again. In the last few days they’ve occupied Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, on sundry pretexts. And a weakened Germany can only mean one thing for us Nordic nations – that we’ll be overrun with Russians. And I think I’d rather say ‘Heil Hitler’ for the rest of my life than have that happen. I can’t think of anything more appalling. I met a Finnish woman out at Elsa Gullander’s on Sunday and she told us some dreadful things about the Finnish war and the way the Russians treat their prisoners. Her own brother, just released from captivity, had been beaten until his ears, nose and mouth bled. Another prisoner was shut up in a small room with a 100-watt bulb until he went blind. She seemed absolutely reliable, so it must be true. The most terrible thing of all was when the Russians drove Polish women and children ahead of them towards the Finns. Some of the Finns couldn’t bear to shoot them, so they surrendered voluntarily – and now they face court martial in Finland. So do those who couldn’t withstand being tortured in the Russian jails and revealed what they knew about the Finnish armed forces. But when red-hot splints are being forced under your nails (which she swore was true), it can’t be at all easy to stand firm. The Russians were said to have crucified three Finnish ladies’ defence volunteers."

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