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Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen
3) It is also quite interesting to note that the books by Polish historian Bogdan Musial have not been translated into English while every second rate holocaust book is. Musialīs findings are simply not too pleasant for the left dominated academia and political establishment as he has shown that while the Soviets were retreating in 1941, NKVD was fully committed to liquidate large number of people Stalin considered as his enemies.
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I don't think it is "leftist academia" nor the "political establishment" who dominate History when it comes to these subjects, it is wartime propaganda, popular believe and to some extend even current political pressure groups. Not to mention (good) business sense in terms of who and what sells and who and what doesn't.
When I look at the subject of the Holocaust, you are much more likely to buckle under conservative (right wing) jewish interest groups than under a left(ist) academician. The latter will try to counter you with arguments, while the former will attack with any means possible including legal action and dirty tricks.
Note that I am not taking a position on the subject of the Holocaust, but describing what I generally observe.
This is just one subject, but in general I see conservatives to be just as entrenched to maintain the status quo when it comes to (ww2) history as so-called leftists, perhaps even more actively and effectively so.
WW2 is still too modern for us to be objective, too many links with the current world (order). Governments are still too painfully aware of many a dirty action, secret or exposed.
WW1 is slowly entering the objectivity phase, but will still lead to some painful debate.