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Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (31 March [O.S. 18 March] 1907 – 14 April 1943) was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. His father, then a young revolutionary in his mid-20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family.
Aug 30, 2022 · Learn about the tragic life of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the oldest son of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who was rejected, abused, and captured by the Nazis. Find out how he tried to escape, how his father refused to exchange him, and how he died in a concentration camp.
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Apr 4, 2023 · Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, was killed by an SS guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1943. His death was kept a secret for decades and his father never learned the truth.
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Sep 14, 2021 · Since 27 June 1941, Yakov Dzhugashvili had been in the army as a commander of the artillery with the rank of senior lieutenant. He vanished near the city of Liozna in Belarus on 16 July 1941. On 18 July 1941, according to German archival documents, Yakov Dzhugashvili was brought to the headquarters of Field Marshal General Günther von Kluge.
Apr 13, 2023 · Yakov's story sheds light on the complex and tragic personal lives of the leaders of the Soviet Union during the 20th century. Yakov Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin’s eldest child, was born in March 1907 to Stalin’s first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze.
How did Stalin react when his firstborn son was captured by the Nazis in 1941? Why did he refuse to exchange him for a field marshal? And how did he die in a concentration camp?
The U.S. State Department last week released the captured Nazi archives that gave those long-hidden details of the death of Yakov Dzhugashvili, Stalin’s only child by his first marriage. As a...
