Deborah Lipstadt denied the Soviet ethnically targeted deportations and killings, contradicting well-known sources and political motives.
Lipstadt gained fame from a lawsuit by a Holocaust denier, but never retracted her false claims about Stalin's terror lacking ethnic targeting.
Lipstadt's reputation faced challenges for supporting Israel's heavy bombing in Gaza, showing the complex nature of historical perspectives and societal influence.
During the Great Terror of 1936-1938, Poles, Latvians, Finns, and Germans were disproportionately arrested and executed in the USSR.
From 1940-1949, Germans, Chechens, and other nationalities were targeted for near total internal deportation, not Jews.
Jews in the 1940s were not subject to mass deportations like other ethnic groups, and rumors of a pending Jewish deportation have no archival evidence.
Over three million ethnic Germans were expelled from Czechoslovakia, leading to at least one million civilian deaths from 1941-1948.
Ethnic cleansing of ethnic Germans in various countries occurred before National Socialist death camps were established.
A moral framework justifying Allied crimes by referencing the Holocaust led to continued violence post-WWII and a lack of accountability for atrocities.
The author has taught at universities in Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, and Iraq, with a diverse student body including various ethnic groups from different countries.
The author actively promotes historical understanding and constructive dialogue among different ethnic groups in the places where he has taught.
The author emphasizes the importance of embracing the truth of the past without bias and has worked to support women's scholarship in underrepresented societies.