Battle of Stalingrad from the Stalingrad Front's Political Department on 8 October 1942 that: "The defeatist mood is almost eliminated and the number of treasonous incidents is getting lower" as an example of the sort of coercion Red Army soldiers experienced under the Special Detachments (later to be renamed SMERSH). On the other hand, Beevor noted the often extraordinary bravery of the Soviet soldiers in a battle that was only comparable to Verdun, and argued that terror alone cannot explain such self-sacrifice. Richard Overy addresses the question of just how important the Red Army's coercive methods were to the Soviet war effort compared
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives and conformity. Calling for gay emancipation, they advocate social engagement and collective organization against discrimination. Translated: and Translated: It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives () is a 1971 German camp film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The plot follows the adventures of a young gay man from the province who arrives in Berlin. He gradually leaves behind his innocence led by his increasing appetite for excitement in the big-city gay scene. He moves from one gay