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CANCELLED: Book Discussion: Life and Fate: Vasily Grossman at Stalingrad

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Date & Time

Tuesday
Jan. 15, 2013
3:30pm – 5:30pm ET

Location

5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

It was at Stalingrad that Winston Churchill's "hinge of fate" decisively swung back against the Wehrmacht. For 100 days, the outnumbered and outgunned Stalingrad garrison bought time—and "time is blood" said their commander—for the Soviet counter-offensive which changed the course of history. Vasily Grossman, combat correspondent for Red Star, found a paradoxical and dangerous freedom during those days, a freedom which he believed "engendered the victory," but which evaporated as soon as the Germans themselves were encircled and doomed.

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Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange.  Read more

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