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Thread #141191 Message #3250036
Posted By: Charley Noble
03-Nov-11 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Reuben James
Subject: RE: BS: The Reuben James
The victors get to write most of the history books.
After Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the Almanac Singers changed from composing and singing their peace protest songs to songs to encourage the war effort. Given the propaganda (by both sides) that was proven after World War 1, it was reasonable for good intentioned people in the late 1930s to be suspicious of the atrocity stories of Nazi Germany.