Thread: Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia?

Originally Posted by JusticeForSome?

Where would you rather live, and why?

Same time period for both?

Definitely Russia - **** dying in Germany or running into Hitler . . . ick.

Unless I have present-day knowledge: then count me into Germany if I'm a native so I can pick his head clean off.

I cant get past the mentality that allowed for the slaughter of 6million people...id reluctantly take the USSR

Nazi Germany. Better food.

Originally Posted by lpast

I cant get past the mentality that allowed for the slaughter of 6million people...id reluctantly take the USSR

How about 20 million?

Originally Posted by Hare

How about 20 million?

Ok no argument from me..

Many of the answers so far reflect the relative naivete regarding both times/places. Common (mis-)perception says Nazi Germany was worse, when in fact both were pretty much the same regarding oppression and the possibility of being whisked away and never seen by your family again, with only relatively minor differences as in which specific groups were targeted. Stalin wasn't any better than Hitler, he was just our ally (out of necessity), that's all.

I'd be dead in both nations, so neither.

Originally Posted by lpast

I cant get past the mentality that allowed for the slaughter of 6million people...id reluctantly take the USSR

The Nazis murdered around 12 million civilians, not 6.

Assuming I wasn't a known targeted person, the quality of life, for non targeted persons inside of Nazi Germany, was far superior to that of your average Russian peasant.

I would much rather live in a corrupt communist state than one that is fueled by hatred for everyone else.