In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, a…

Ryszard Kapuscinski
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In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust. ✨ An Interview with Ryszard Kapuscinski: Writing about Suffering. Interview With Thomas Wolfe, quod.lib.umich.edu. 1998.
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