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The Rise and Fall of Lavrenti Beria: Stalin's Own Himmler

During the tumultuous period of World War II, one of the most notorious figures within the Soviet Union was Lavrenti Beria. Drawing dark comparisons to Heinrich Himmler, the infamously feared leader of the SS in Nazi Germany, Beria served as Joseph Stalin's chief of secret police. His immense power during the war was fueled by a background steeped in brutality and terror, establishing a legacy that would come to mirror the atrocities of the era.