On April 16 in the fateful year of 1917, the Russian communist Vladimir Lenin arrived in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) from exile in Switzerland.
How Germany’s ‘Deal With the Devil’ Backfired and Changed History
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East German Combat Groups of the Working Class, a paramilitary organization, close the border on Aug. 13, 1961 in preparation for the Berlin Wall construction. Public domain
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Lawrence W. Reed
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Lawrence Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and the author of “Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction“ and the best-seller “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
