Their fate was not of interest for him .»
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We can't know it. There are no proofs of a ban of evacuation from Stalingrad. Evacuation was, but the civilian population was taken out very slowly. Passage through Volga were strongly overloaded. 1) A huge number of refugees from the West of the Soviet Union. 2) A set of material resources and the equipment from occupied territories. 3)A lot of soldiers and equipment was shipped from the east coast. River crossings worked round the clock, but it was not enough. Possibly, the part of fault lies on the authorities Stalingrad. The fatal role was played by fast advance of German armies and blocking railway to Saratov.
Evacuation didn't guarantee life. We remember death of sanitary vessels "Composer Borodin" and "Joseph Stalin" (1500 people, civil and wounded drowned). In photos of burial of the evacuated people from Stalingrad. They were lost from bombings. These places are located 350-400 kilometers from a front line. Unless only Stalin is guilty in it?
I have no illusions about Stalin's identity, but …
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