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播客主持人Zach Cornwell详细描述了1945年苏联红军攻占柏林期间发生的暴行，特别关注了对德国平民，特别是妇女的性暴力和杀戮。他分析了事件的背景，包括纳粹德国的暴行、苏联的贫困和性压抑、红军士兵的复仇心理、酒精滥用以及军队文化的纵容。Cornwell还探讨了事件的多重因素，以及一些红军士兵在战争中的复杂情感。他指出，虽然苏联取得了胜利，但德国平民遭受了巨大的苦难，许多妇女在战争中被强奸和杀害，而幸存者则要面对战争带来的创伤。

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The episode explores the Red Army's brutal campaign against Nazi Germany, focusing on the motives and factors that led to widespread atrocities, including revenge, cultural repression, and the influence of Stalin's regime.

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The Rated-R-for-Russian story of the Red Army’s horrific campaign of vengeance against Nazi Germany.

 SOURCES:

Beevor, Antony. *The Fall of Berlin 1945. *2003.

Huggler, Justin. “Fall of Berlin: ‘Of course I was afraid. I was 17 years old.’”. The Telegraph UK. May 2015

Johnson, Daniel. “Red Army troops raped even Russian women as they freed them from camps”. The Guardian. Jan 2002.

Ash, Lucy. “The Rape of Berlin”. BBC News. May 2015.

Fitzgerald, Nora. “Berliners recall Red Army atrocities”. Chicago Tribune. September 2002.

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