{"id":62086,"date":"2020-12-16T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=62086"},"modified":"2020-12-15T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:36:09","slug":"the-nkvd-from-pen-pushers-to-communist-hit-squads-ww2-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/the-nkvd-from-pen-pushers-to-communist-hit-squads-ww2-special\/","title":{"rendered":"The NKVD: from Pen-Pushers to Communist Hit Squads &#8211; WW2 Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8HwKl8VUZHA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Dec 2020<\/p>\n<p>The NKVD started out as your regular old Ministry of the Interior. But over time, they grew out to a hugely influential and highly lethal weapon for some of the Soviet Union&#8217;s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nWritten by: Joram Appel and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br \/>\nPost-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: Joram Appel<br \/>\nEdited by: Miki Cackowski<br \/>\nSound design: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nMap animations: Eastory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by:<br \/>\nKlimbim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=8HwKl8VUZHA&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1BZbUQ0bk5JZno3R0NEREhQZHZvbVZZcDBvQXxBQ3Jtc0ttejQyVGU5YjFLdktfc2ZIMVdDU2pNWmNpdHBqdXl5MkxUaGtIUDJySmNvSWs5RTliZ1h5VVN2c1Z4Y0ZZd0syWVBBYnZQTmRwLVpMWFdHNHNFUVg1VWFDdU9TUWVMbHc0YWNHS2p6Q2VsRXo5LVNTNA%3D%3D&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F22155693%40N04%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/2215569&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nMiko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nJulius J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JJcolorization\/<br \/>\nDememorabilia &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dememorabilia\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dememorabilia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\nPicture of Lavrentiy Beria in court, courtesy of  \u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444 &#8211; \u0418\u0441\u0442.\u0434\u043e\u043a\u0438 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=8HwKl8VUZHA&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVRxb18wYkV4eEg2dklMYmZWc09FX19lU2E5UXxBQ3Jtc0traEV1VEc1ZW8yc05UZzQ1UmJncVFGR3o4RTRvRnp4dTBWYzhURWNCSzBiNXBSS3RGRW1HMzlvWElySDdjbWdnX1kyU3k2ZUpDNkQwVWZnQ1NSWC1fN2RTTW04cjNybnBrT2dCWGJxOUlQVzI4U0ZsQQ%3D%3D&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3A%25D0%2591%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F_%25D0%25B2_%25D1%2581%25D1%2583%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B5.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Fi&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nYad Vashem 1019-2, 143EO1, 55AO6<br \/>\nIWM HU 106212<br \/>\nUSHMM<br \/>\nI.M. Bondarenko<br \/>\nfrom the Noun Project: border police by IcoLabs, fire building by dDara, Police by Cuputo, Skull by Muhamad Ulum<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\nReynard Seidel &#8211; &#8220;Deflection&#8221;<br \/>\nJohannes Bornlof &#8211; &#8220;Deviation In Time&#8221;<br \/>\nFarrell Wooten &#8211; &#8220;Blunt Object&#8221;<br \/>\nAndreas Jamsheree &#8211; &#8220;Guilty Shadows 4&#8221;<br \/>\nFluow &#8211; &#8220;Endlessness&#8221;<br \/>\nJohannes Bornlof &#8211; &#8220;The Inspector 4&#8221;<br \/>\nGunnar Johnsen &#8211; &#8220;Not Safe Yet&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Archive by Screenocean\/Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n2 hours ago<br \/>\nWe have been talking about the NKVD a lot in our War Against Humanity episodes and in several Between Two Wars episodes. If you found this video to be interesting, I can highly recommend you try our B2W episode on the Great Terror and Military Purges in 1938. It provides some crucial context that we couldn&#8217;t expand on in this special episode. You can find it right here: <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/03\/19\/stalins-paranoid-military-purges-the-great-terror-between-2-wars-i-1938-part-4-of-4\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/MNnK0LAoyMo<\/a><br \/>\nCheers,<br \/>\nJoram<\/p>\n<p>Other videos about the NKVD we mentioned in this special are:<br \/>\n&#8211; War Against Humanity episode covering the Katyn Massacre: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gd5YhhNcC44\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gd5YhhNcC44<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; War Against Humanity episode covering the Great Prison Massacre: <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/07\/15\/barbarossa-hitlers-and-stalins-hell-on-earth-war-against-humanity-014-july-1941-part-01\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/kykPusygzOw<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Biography episode on Richard Sorge: <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/10\/23\/on-stalins-secret-service-richard-sorge-ww2-biography-special\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/fn9NyRfbSOo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-16-The-NKVD-from-Pen-Pushers-to-Communist-Hit-Squads-\u2013-WW2-Special.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 15 Dec 2020 The NKVD started out as your regular old Ministry of the Interior. But over time, they grew out to a hugely influential and highly lethal weapon for some of the Soviet Union&#8217;s leaders. 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