I've got a book of photos from the Stalin era showing the originals and the "erased" versions. I don't want to scan them in because of copyright, but it is amazing the lengths Stalin went to eliminate people.
It has a specious hypothesis in the review (confusing Stalinism in particular with totalitarianism in general -- it's from the Hoover Institution, so....), but the book is an absolutely fascinating read about state power and media. True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler
Like a Stalin-era technician in the Kremlin removing all traces of an out-of-favor official from state photos, the friend erased the husband from numerous cherished pictures taken on cruises and at Caribbean cottages, where he had been standing alongside Ms. Horn, now 50, and other traveling companions.
Had no idea what the Nikolai Yezhov reference was all about. So, Stalin was the original Photoshopper? Who knew? (Not me, apparently.)
I've got a book of photos from the Stalin era showing the originals and the "erased" versions. I don't want to scan them in because of copyright, but it is amazing the lengths Stalin went to eliminate people.
Here's the book.
It has a specious hypothesis in the review (confusing Stalinism in particular with totalitarianism in general -- it's from the Hoover Institution, so....), but the book is an absolutely fascinating read about state power and media.
True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler
As Trotsky said, "You may not be interested in obscure allusions, but obscure allusions are interested in you."
Be sure to watch the removal of the sign about 6:00 into the video. It'll blow yer mind.
Hee hee:
Plop! That just dropped into my dissertation. Thanks!
True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler
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