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Last updated: December 10, 2024

    Books from the KGB Archives, recommended by Lyuba Vinogradova

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    Writers and Soviet Leaders
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    The Forsaken
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    Stalingrad
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    The Cold Civil War
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    • The author and academic talks about KGB tricks to get American victims of the Great Depression in Russia to take Soviet citizenship. 'They had to hand over their American passports temporarily and never saw them again'

  • Books from the KGB Archives - My Journey by Olga Sliozberg
  • Books from the KGB Archives - Writers and Soviet Leaders by Boris Frezinsky
  • Books from the KGB Archives - The Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis
  • Books from the KGB Archives - Stalingrad by V Khristoforov
  • Books from the KGB Archives - The Cold Civil War by Andrei Okulov

Books from the KGB Archives, recommended by Lyuba Vinogradova

The author and academic talks about KGB tricks to get American victims of the Great Depression in Russia to take Soviet citizenship. ‘They had to hand over their American passports temporarily and never saw them again’

Books from the KGB Archives, recommended by Lyuba Vinogradova

    The best books on Nazi Hunters, recommended by Guy Walters

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    The best books on Nazi Hunters - The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth

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    The Odessa File
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    The best books on Nazi Hunters - The House on Garibaldi Street by Isser Harel

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    The House on Garibaldi Street
    by Isser Harel
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    The best books on Nazi Hunters - Blind Eye to Murder by Tom Bower

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    Blind Eye to Murder
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    The best books on Nazi Hunters - The Last Days of Hitler by H. R Trevor Roper

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    The Last Days of Hitler
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    The Real Odessa
    by Uki Goni

    • The Times journalist calls Simon Wiesenthal a liar. He’s just not this secular saint that everyone says he is - his memoirs all contradict each other and are at odds with the rest of the evidence

  • The best books on Nazi Hunters - The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
  • The best books on Nazi Hunters - The House on Garibaldi Street by Isser Harel
  • The best books on Nazi Hunters - Blind Eye to Murder by Tom Bower
  • The best books on Nazi Hunters - The Last Days of Hitler by H. R Trevor Roper
  • The best books on Nazi Hunters - The Real Odessa by Uki Goni

The best books on Nazi Hunters, recommended by Guy Walters

The Times journalist calls Simon Wiesenthal a liar. He’s just not this secular saint that everyone says he is – his memoirs all contradict each other and are at odds with the rest of the evidence

The best books on Nazi Hunters, recommended by Guy Walters
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