A Statue for Stalin?
Hitler and Stalin were ruthless dictators who committed murder on a vast scale, but they have come to be perceived very differently. Why is it impossible to imagine a Hitler statue in Germany, while statues of Stalin have been restored in towns across Georgia (his birthplace), with another to be erected in Moscow?
PRINCETON – Hitler and Stalin were ruthless dictators who committed murder on a vast scale. But, while it is impossible to imagine a Hitler statue in Berlin, or anywhere else in Germany, statues of Stalin have been restored in towns across Georgia (his birthplace), and another is to be erected in Moscow as part of a commemoration of all Soviet leaders.