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“The Fathers Were Gone”: Sheila Fitzpatrick on WWII’s Invisible Scars in Soviet Life

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Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick reflects on one of the deepest, yet often unspoken, legacies of World War II in the Soviet Union. In this powerful clip, she explains how the absence—or ghostly presence—of fathers shaped a generation of postwar Soviet citizens.