Background
Nekrich, Aleksandr was born in 1920 in Baku.
Nekrich, Aleksandr was born in 1920 in Baku.
Faculty of History, Moscow University, and USSR Academy, of Sciences Institute of History -1941.
Took part in World War II. His book, 1941, 22-e Julia, about the First days of the German Army’s invasion of the USSR and the handling of the military situation by Stalin’s government, became sensational in the USSR. The book was attacked by official Soviet historians, but supported by public opinion. In 1967, expelled from the Party. The book was withdrawn from all Soviet libraries, and a part of the imprint was destroyed.
After that, he found it impossible to publish his work. Left the country, 1976. Settled in the USA. Editor of Obozrenie, the historico-political supplement of
Russkaia My si'.
Wrote numerous articles in the Russian emigre press.
Major religious moral codes dehumanise individuals outside their group as less worthy. Results can vary from discrimination to genocide.
The role of the individual as a member of a collective is more important than the individual.