The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. V, No.
3-4
LITTLE TRUTH AND NO UNDERSTANDING
(REVIEW OF J. LOFTUS' BOOK THE BELARUS SECRET)
by J. Dingley
This book
contains two major thrusts of attack. The first
of them is contained in the accusation that Byelorussians were active
in
collaborating with the German occupiers of their country in 1941-44,
especially
in committing atrocities; the second is that certain US intelligent
agencies
... smuggled known Byelorussian Nazi war criminals into the USA in
defiance
of American law and without informing the President or Congress...
...No
one can seriously maintain that Byelorussians could
not possibly be implicated in Nazi war crimes. On the other hand,
accusations,
particularly when levelled against a whole nation, must be supported by
evidence. It is clear that Loftus has not yet learned how to collect
that
evidence, and has insufficient linguistic and historical knowledge to
deal
with source material.
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