Life Under Tyranny

The scope of the book is a broad overview of events taking place from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the start of World War II. The author sheds new light on the disruption of human dignity and family life under Stalin, the deprivations inflicted and the kangaroo courts that sentenced untold numbers of people to prison, hard labor, gulags – or execution. Furthermore, Goldade also presents the contrast between a free society and that of socialism and a totalitarian government. The author, with the assistance of associates in Odessa, Ukraine, has retrieved numerous documents from Ukrainian archives covering the dark era.

“Lenin and Stalin were responsible for tens of millions of civilian deaths. Stalin reportedly was responsible for 30 million to 60 million deaths,” Goldade writes. “Regardless of the precise number, well as those who want to know more about life under Stalin’s rule.

Peter Goldade writes in his Dedication, “This is dedicated to all of the people who were forced to endure hardships and live under tyranny. The only crime the majority of these people had committed was the desire to live a free, God-fearing life for their families and themselves.”

About the author:

Peter was born in the heart of the Germans from Russia triangle community of North Dakota and reared on his grandfather’s homestead near Selz, ND. Upon his retirement, he began to devote more time to one of his hobbies – genealogy. In search of his family roots and related data, his travels have taken him to Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia. The information obtained from this research, meeting with long lost relatives and his journeys, led to the creating of “Life Under Tyranny” and his other books.