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been destroyed in Germany and it was worse in Poland than it had been in Germany. At that very moment there were rumors of pogroms in Poland. The war had done nothing to change the attitudes of the people in Europe. They had not been purged. They had been burned by the fire of the war, and the millions of dead meant nothing but to increase the hate of the one group for another.

Where could these people go? Many wanted to go to America. Many wanted to go to Palestine. How many people could America absorb. How many could little Palestine, rent by Arab troubles, take in?

Russia was the big open-armed haven. But would they want to go to Russia? There was the young man from Poland who had been captured by the Russian army at the beginning of the war. He had volunteered to fight on the Russian side, and he had gone to the officer's school. He had become a lieutenant in the Russian army, had parachuted onto the Carpathians to fight with the Partisans, had been captured by the Germans, and finally had been released by the Americans. He had been in Russia three years, and he did not want to go back. He did not like the strict regime -- the lack of freedom.

Still, that was but his opinion. Russia was due for changes in the next few years. Russia was expanding -- constructing on a tremendous scale. If these people went to Russia they might not have the best of existences according to American standards, but at least they would make a living.

Russia had tremendous faults and contradictions. And yet, considering the decadence -- the complete rottenness of the remainder of Europe outside of Scandinavia, Russia was perhaps the hope of Europe rather than the danger that many people tried to make it appear. Russia was a dictatorship -- but a dictatorship not based upon false racial theories or specially privileged economic groups. In that lay the difference between the Soviet dictatorship and the Nazi dictatorship, and there was the hope that in the years after the war, with the hostility of the rest of the world removed, Russia could evolve into something more acceptable to democratic ideals.

In short: Russia's movements during the next two years would determine the future of world.

Those were the thoughts of this Soldier as he observed events in Paris and tried to correlate them with his own limited experiences and information. This was Europe after the war, a decaying carcass ripped open and stinking with a stench that was not to be dissipated for years to come. These were the problems that faced civilization at this moment, and this moment transcended all others in seriousness as a Crossroads in Time.

This was Paris after the lovely Spring of Victory.

We suggest you read this again...and again. There's food

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been destroyed in Germany and it was worse in Poland than it had been in Germany. At that very moment there were rumors of pogroms in Poland. The war had done nothing to change the attitudes of the people in Europe. They had not been purged. They had been burned by the fire of the war, and the millions of dead meant nothing but to increase the hate of the one group for another. Where could these people go? Many wanted to go to America. Many wanted to go to Palestine. How many people could America absorb. How many could little Palestine, rent by Arab troubles, take in? Russia was the big open-armed haven. But would they want to go to Russia? There was the young man from Poland who had been captured by the Russian army at the beginning of the war. He had volunteered to fight on the Russian side, and he had gone to the officer's school. He had become a lieutenant in the Russian army, had parachuted onto the Carpathians to fight with the Partisans, had been captured by the Germans, and finally had been released by the Americans. He had been in Russia three years, and he did not want to go back. He did not like the strict regime -- the lack of freedom. Still, that was but his opinion. Russia was due for changes in the next few years. Russia was expanding -- constructing on a tremendous scale. If these people went to Russia they might not have the best of existences according to American standards, but at least they would make a living. Russia had tremendous faults and contradictions. And yet, considering the decadence -- the complete rottenness of the remainder of Europe outside of Scandinavia, Russia was perhaps the hope of Europe rather than the danger that many people tried to make it appear. Russia was a dictatorship -- but a dictatorship not based upon false racial theories or specially privileged economic groups. In that lay the difference between the Soviet dictatorship and the Nazi dictatorship, and there was the hope that in the years after the war, with the hostility of the rest of the world removed, Russia could evolve into something more acceptable to democratic ideals. In short: Russia's movements during the next two years would determine the future of world. Those were the thoughts of this Soldier as he observed events in Paris and tried to correlate them with his own limited experiences and information. This was Europe after the war, a decaying carcass ripped open and stinking with a stench that was not to be dissipated for years to come. These were the problems that faced civilization at this moment, and this moment transcended all others in seriousness as a Crossroads in Time. This was Paris after the lovely Spring of Victory. We suggest you read this again...and again. There's food 9