Hello! Here's the second part of our Siege of Leningrad episode. This one gets into the gnarly and vile conditions that the besieged faced, resulting in over 800,000 civilian deaths.
We totally understand if you want to skip this one, we had no idea how dark this topic was going to get.
Here's our sources for this episode.
Sources:
Alexievich, Svetlana, et al. The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II. Reprint, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2018.
Glantz, David. The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror. Brown Partworks, 2022.
Ivans War Life and Death in the Red Army. Picador USA,2006, 2022.
Reid, Anna. Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944. 1st ed., Walker Books, 2011.
And check out pictures from the siege on our website, www.anecdotesforawkwardfolks.com.
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