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“It is often said that ‘the germ of all Stalinism was in Bolshevism at its beginning’. Well, I have no objection. Only, Bolshevism also contained many other germs – a mass of other germs – and those who lived through the enthusiasm of the first years of the first victorious socialist revolution ought not to forget it. To judge the living man by the death germs which the autopsy reveals in the corpse – and which he may have carried in him since his birth – is that very sensible?”

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Victor Serge
Victor Serge

Victor Serge, originally named Victor Séverin, was a French writer. He was born on December 30, 1890, and died on November 17, 1947. Serge was a prolific writer whose works spanned various genres, including novels, political commentary, and autobiography. more

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