Stalin museum to open in Volgograd
Is Stalin making a comeback?
The imminent opening of a museum devoted to Josef Stalin has stirred outrage among relatives of the millions he persecuted and has prompted claims that Stalinism is on the march again.
After a number of delays, a "Stalin museum" dedicated to the once venerated Father of the People is to be opened at the end of March in Volgograd, the Second World War "hero city" once known as Stalingrad.
The project is being financed by local businessmen but will controversially enjoy pride of place in the official complex that commemorates the epic Second World War Battle of Stalingrad.
The museum will display a writing set owned by the dictator, copies of his historic musings, a mock-up of his Kremlin office, a Madame Tussauds-style wax representation of him and medals, photographs and busts.
Svetlana Argatseva, the museum's curator, said she felt the project was justified. "In France, people regard Napoleon and indeed the rest of their history with respect. We need to look at our history in the same way."
posted by GayandRight @ 12:18 AM
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Speaking of the devil, do not miss this. A few days after Stalin's death the Communist magazine Les Lettres Françaises published a cartoon drawn by Picasso, the Spanish painter who had become a millionaire during the Nazi occupation of France selling paintings to Germans. The French Communist Party demanded and apology, something the authors did. As they put it, they got carried away by emotions ...
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This has inspired me. I'm going to Germany next week to set up a Hitler museum. He killed less people than Stalin, so it shouldn't cause a stir, right?
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