Vorkuta prison,
"Alexi, my father was a musician in Stalingrad. During the German occupation, the sound of his violin filled the air with magnificent music-Korsakov, Stasov- many of the great nationalist composers, to my countrymen, it was a symbol of hope. To the Germans, it was a symbol of defiance.
Even now his music still haunts me. The Nazis slit his throat while he slept. Collaborating with any Nazi is a betrayal, a betrayal to all of mother Russia. Dragovich and Kravchenko were not troubled by such matters. They looked only to advance towards their own interests and agendas..."
(flash back to airplane heading to stalingrad February 2nd, 1943)
Inside of the russian skytrain we were heading to the city under siege....Stalingrad. Victor Reznov was sitting next to Demetri Petranco next to him was our "fearless" leader general Dragovich. A loud buzz and a bright flashing green light came on indicating we were landing. The second we got off of the aircraft we hit the boats to cross the channel to Stalingrad. As we neared the burning city, general dragovich said, "welcome to stalingrad."
Dragovich stood in the boat and began to speak "The rotten cancer of the fascist Reich ravages Europe like a plauge. Their relentless drive into our motherland steals the lives of men, women, and children alike. the arrogance of there leaders is matched only by the brutality of their solders. these are the darkest day of the nazi occupation of stalingrad and also the last of them.
TO BE CONTINUED
"Alexi, my father was a musician in Stalingrad. During the German occupation, the sound of his violin filled the air with magnificent music-Korsakov, Stasov- many of the great nationalist composers, to my countrymen, it was a symbol of hope. To the Germans, it was a symbol of defiance.
Even now his music still haunts me. The Nazis slit his throat while he slept. Collaborating with any Nazi is a betrayal, a betrayal to all of mother Russia. Dragovich and Kravchenko were not troubled by such matters. They looked only to advance towards their own interests and agendas..."
(flash back to airplane heading to stalingrad February 2nd, 1943)
Inside of the russian skytrain we were heading to the city under siege....Stalingrad. Victor Reznov was sitting next to Demetri Petranco next to him was our "fearless" leader general Dragovich. A loud buzz and a bright flashing green light came on indicating we were landing. The second we got off of the aircraft we hit the boats to cross the channel to Stalingrad. As we neared the burning city, general dragovich said, "welcome to stalingrad."
Dragovich stood in the boat and began to speak "The rotten cancer of the fascist Reich ravages Europe like a plauge. Their relentless drive into our motherland steals the lives of men, women, and children alike. the arrogance of there leaders is matched only by the brutality of their solders. these are the darkest day of the nazi occupation of stalingrad and also the last of them.
TO BE CONTINUED
