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Going back to hell By Glenn Danforth © Copyright 1995 Glenn Danforth |
Back in Time:
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Back
in Time: My Life, My Fate, My Epoch is a
fascinating book of exceptional importance, being the only book ever
written by a survivor of Stalin's death camps who also happened to be a
member of the Left  Opposition formed by Leon Trotsky. As the daughter of Adolf
Abramovich Joffe, possibly Trotsky's closest friend and ally, Nadezhda is
in a unique position to give an insider's account of the October
Revolution.The book is written in a style reminiscent of a letter to a friend, and is packed with names of people and places that may tend to confuse anyone other than an historian. Originally published in the former Soviet Union, this exclusive English translation would have benefited greatly by footnotes that explained who the dozens of characters were. Despite these minor flaws, Back In Time is a must read for anyone interested in the cataclysmic years of Joseph Stalin's reign. One of the book's most fascinating revelations is regarding the famous suicide note of Adolf Abramovich Joffe, who supposedly killed himself in 1927 to protest Trotsky's expulsion from the communist party. The full text of the suicide note is published for the first time in English and it became apparent to this reviewer that once again, history has played hide-n-seek with the truth. Back In Time takes you from a time when great minds conceived of socialism - when the concept was pure - through it's downfall at the hands of Stalin. A first person account of some of the most tragic events of this century, this book shows that it's time for the world community to pay more than just lip service Stalin's holocaust. |
