The Lubyanka Prison in Moscow: From <strong>the</strong> beginning of Cheka/GPU rule in 1918 on, in its cellarsprisoners were systematically shot in <strong>the</strong> back of <strong>the</strong> head. The Cheka <strong>and</strong> GPU were judge-jury-<strong>and</strong>executionerwith <strong>the</strong>ir own absolute powers. At <strong>the</strong> peak of <strong>the</strong> arrests in <strong>the</strong> mid-1930s, paranoiareigned in <strong>the</strong> cities. Intellectuals slept with suitcases of clo<strong>the</strong>s <strong>and</strong> supplies under <strong>the</strong>ir beds. Arrestsusually came at night, when <strong>the</strong>re would be few witnesses. Private conversations were scrutinized asmuch as published work for any possible incriminating comment. In <strong>the</strong> later years, jokes that satirized<strong>the</strong> Soviet state were rated according to how many years one could get for repeating <strong>the</strong>m. Opportuniststook advantage of this frenzy to rid <strong>the</strong>mselves of opponents or of those st<strong>and</strong>ing in <strong>the</strong>ir way.Above: Lubyanka Prison as it appeared in 2003. Right: Lubyanka Prison in <strong>the</strong> 1920s.was renamed in December 1922, after <strong>the</strong> establishment of<strong>the</strong> USSR, as <strong>the</strong> OGPU (“Combined National Political Administration”).In July 1934 it was replaced by <strong>the</strong> NKVD(“People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs” including <strong>the</strong>“Main Office for Public Security”), which in 1946 wasbrought into <strong>the</strong> NKGB (“People’s [“Narodny”] Commissariatfor Public Security”). In post-Soviet <strong>Russia</strong> it is called<strong>the</strong> FSB. Vladimir Putin was its director before becomingprime minister, <strong>the</strong>n president.154Jüdischer Bolschewismus, op. cit., 140.155Jüdischer Bolschewismus, op. cit., 141, 199.156Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 97.157Ibid., 99.158Ibid., 101.159Ibid., 102.160Ibid., 100.161Ibid., 85.162Ibid.163Ibid., 90-1.164Ibid., 92.165Ibid., 105.166Ibid., 109, 37.167Ibid., 110.168Ibid., 112.169Ibid., 165.170Ibid., 123-4.171Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 283.172Ibid., 296.173Das Ende der Lügen, op. cit.174Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 292.175Ibid., 294.176Ibid., 296 <strong>and</strong> 39.177Ibid., 295.178Jüdischer Bolschewismus, op. cit., 147-8 <strong>and</strong> 256.179Ibid., 156.180Ibid., 160.181Ibid., 6.182Juden in der Sovietunion, 147.183Jüdischer Bolschewismus, op. cit., 158.184Ibid., 66.185Mikhail Heller/Alex<strong>and</strong>er Nekrich, Geschichte derSowjetunion (“History of <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union) Vol. I/1914-1939“(transl. from <strong>Russia</strong>n), Königstein, Germany, 1981, 117-8.186Geschichte der Sowjetunion, op. cit., 125.187Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 148.188Ibid., 147.189Ibid., 88.190Ibid., 181.191Ibid., 189.192Ibid., 205.193Ibid., 190.194Ibid., 195.195Ibid., 254-5.196Ibid., 253.197Ibid., 246.198Ibid., 257-8.199Ibid., 259.200Ibid., 262.201Ibid.202Ibid., 269-70.203Ibid., 270.204Ibid., 275.205Ibid., 276.206Black Book of Communism, op. cit., 191.207Ibid., 293.208Ibid., 294.209Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 311, 43.210Ibid., 312f.211Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 312.212Ibid.213Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 133.214Black Book of Communism, op. cit., 133-4.215Juden in der Sovietunion, op. cit., 324.216Ibid., 397.217Ibid., 419.218Ibid., 411.219Ibid., 419.220Ibid., 415.221Ibid., 416.222Ibid., 420-21.223Ibid., 483.T B R • P. O . B O X 1 5 8 7 7 • W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . 2 0 0 0 3 T H E B A R N E S R E V I E W 59
L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O RWhy Judas Had to Kiss JesusIn <strong>the</strong> July/August 2006 issue of TBR, HarrellRhome, in his article “TBR Looks at <strong>the</strong>Judas Gospels” on how <strong>the</strong> chief priests <strong>and</strong>captains of <strong>the</strong> temple came to apprehend Jesusin <strong>the</strong> Garden of Olives, he makes <strong>the</strong> query:“They saw him every day or so; hence <strong>the</strong>ymust have known who He was <strong>and</strong> what Helooked like. It seems hard to conclude that <strong>the</strong>yactually needed Judas to identify Him, thoughit makes for an interesting literary motif.”The reason was more than a literary motif.The answer can be found in <strong>the</strong> writings of Jacobusde Voragine, in his The Golden Legend:Readings on <strong>the</strong> Saints, written in 1260. In hisentry on St. James, he writes:“The apostle James is called James ofAlpheus, meaning son of Alpheus, <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>rof <strong>the</strong> Lord, James <strong>the</strong> Less, <strong>and</strong> James <strong>the</strong> Just.He is called <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r of <strong>the</strong> Lord because heis said to have borne a strong resemblance toJesus, so that very often <strong>the</strong>y were mistakenone for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. Hence, when <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jews</strong> set outto capture Christ, <strong>the</strong>y had to avoid takingJames, because he looked like Christ, so <strong>the</strong>yengaged Judas, who could distinguish <strong>the</strong> Lordfrom James, to point Christ out with a kiss.”Ignatius confirms this likeness in his letterto John <strong>the</strong> Evangelist when he says: “If I haveyour permission, I want to come up to Jerusalemto see <strong>the</strong> venerable James, surnamed <strong>the</strong>Just, who <strong>the</strong>y say resembled Jesus Christ soclosely in his features . . . I can see Jesus Christso far as bodily features are concerned.”Again, James is called <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r of <strong>the</strong>Lord since Christ <strong>and</strong> James being descendedfrom two sisters were thought of as being descendedfrom two bro<strong>the</strong>rs, Joseph <strong>and</strong> Cleophas.The two sisters were Mary, <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r ofJesus, <strong>and</strong> her much older sister, by 20 years,Mary Heli. Mary Heli married Cleophas, <strong>the</strong>bro<strong>the</strong>r of St. Joseph. Their daughter, calledMary Cleophas, married Alpheus. The childrenof this couple were James <strong>the</strong> Less, Simon,Jude Thaddeus, <strong>and</strong> Simon. When Alpheusmarried May Cleophas he was a widower witha son, Levi, who later became St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w. The<strong>Jews</strong> of <strong>the</strong> era referred to bro<strong>the</strong>rs as thosewho were related on both sides.MRS. JEAN MEYERPennsylvaniaAbrahamic FaithsWas <strong>the</strong>re really a historical man identifiableas <strong>the</strong> character in <strong>the</strong> Bible that we callJesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ?Even <strong>the</strong> oldest writings in <strong>the</strong> New Testamentdate back only to about A.D. 70.I am one who cannot follow Christianity, Judaism,nor Islam, for all three are Semitic religions<strong>and</strong> while <strong>the</strong>se religions were forming,people existed throughout <strong>the</strong> whole world.Myself, I am not Semitic. I am a GermanAmerican.TIMOTHY STORZTexasMade-Up HistoryPeople are capable of making up history tosuit <strong>the</strong>ir own needs. The New York Times reportedthat Ms. Tania Head, a prominent 9-11“survivor,” made a number of unverifiableclaims concerning her experience during <strong>the</strong> attackon <strong>the</strong> World Trade Center. What motivatedher to fabricate her experience is unknown.What is clear is that she lied, just as those whocreated false history with respect to <strong>the</strong> Japanesecapture of Nanking in 1937.There are many Chinese “survivors” (<strong>and</strong>“remorseful Japanese former soldiers”) whosupposedly witnessed Japanese murders <strong>and</strong>rapes following <strong>the</strong> capture of Nanking. However,<strong>the</strong> facts, as reported by foreigners workingin <strong>the</strong> Nanking Safety Zone, do not squarewith <strong>the</strong> allegations. Even <strong>the</strong> Nazi industrialistJohn Rabe, who worked in <strong>the</strong> zone, did notwitness any of <strong>the</strong> alleged crimes occurring inNanking. As a true capitalist, Rabe was mostlyintent on maintaining business with <strong>the</strong> Chinese<strong>and</strong> saw Japanese competition as a threatto profits. Despite <strong>the</strong> obvious propag<strong>and</strong>avalue, at <strong>the</strong> time, even <strong>the</strong> Chinese communistsmade no mention of mass atrocities occurringwithin <strong>the</strong> (at <strong>the</strong> time) capital city.Remembrance of past traumatic experiencestends to be distorted, which is human nature.However, <strong>the</strong>re is no benefit in perpetuating historybased on distorted memories or lies.D. LEEFloridaBringing History Into Accord With <strong>the</strong> Facts in Regard to Sept. 11, 2001IF THE AIRPLANES HIT TWO of <strong>the</strong> Worldtrade Center towers <strong>and</strong> collapsed <strong>the</strong>m, an interestingquestion is, for what reason did athird building collapse in <strong>the</strong> same way?Most of our nation’s architects have questionedhow <strong>the</strong> three buildings of <strong>the</strong> WorldTrade Center came down without tippingover. The U.S. National Institute of St<strong>and</strong>ards<strong>and</strong> Technology admits to not having any answerson what caused <strong>the</strong> “global collapse” of<strong>the</strong> three towers, or “how <strong>the</strong> buildings couldhave collapsed tons of steel that was designedto resist that load.” This government organizationis obviously not going to release anyinformation that those who control <strong>the</strong> governmentdo not want released.There is much evidence that explosiveswere used to collapse all three buildings. Explosionswere heard by 118 first responders;explosive flashes were seen by reporters; <strong>the</strong>rewas a 1,400-foot diameter field of equally distributeddebris. Blast waves blew out windowsin buildings 400 feet away. There was lateralejection of thous<strong>and</strong>s of 20- to 50-ton steelbeams up to 500 feet away. Human bone fragmentswere found on top of buildings nearby.The incendiary explosive <strong>the</strong>rmate wasfound at <strong>the</strong> building sites, which explainstons of molten metal found under all threebuildings. Pyroclastic dust clouds were evidenceof explosives being used. Windowsbeing blown out of nearby buildings is additionalevidence explosives were used to destroy<strong>the</strong> buildings. Along with seismometerevidence, everything points to explosivesbeing used to destroy <strong>the</strong> towers.Evidence dem<strong>and</strong>s a verdict. Lives of <strong>the</strong>2,800+ people killed in <strong>the</strong> three buildings,<strong>the</strong> lives of thous<strong>and</strong>s of Americans killed inIraq <strong>and</strong> Afghanistan, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r costs toAmericans, should be compensated for by <strong>the</strong>real criminals. Concerned Americans need toact on this matter; justice must be done.LEROY S.WILSONNewYork60 S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 0 8 B A R N E S R E V I E W . C O M • 1 - 8 7 7 - 7 7 3 - 9 0 7 7 O R D E R I N G