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Have not fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany claimed that they have attained similar results [as in U.S.S.R.]? Have not both been achieved at the price of privation and personal liberty sacrificed for the good of the state?

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Joseph Stalin
Age: 74 †
Born: 1878
Born: December 18
Died: 1953
Died: March 5
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Former Premier Of The Soviet Union
Politician
Revolutionary
Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
Koba
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joey Stalin
Uncle Joe
Yosif Dzhugashvili
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State
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States
Socialism
Privation
Good
Germany
Sacrificed
Price
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National
Attained
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Italy
Liberty
Fascism

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