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Stalingrad author Anthony Beevor speaks out over Ukraine book ban

Written By Unknown on Friday, January 19, 2018 | 10:12 AM

Historian says prohibition, over passage detailing wartime murder of Jewish children by Ukrainian militia, is ‘utterly outrageous’

Leading British historian Antony Beevor has described a Ukrainian ban on his award-winning book Stalingrad as “utterly outrageous”.

The bestselling history, winner of the 1999 Samuel Johnson prize, tells of the battle for the Russian city during the second world war. A Russian translation was one of 25 titles included on a banned list issued by Ukrainian authorities last week, alongside books by authors including Boris Akunin and Boris Sokolov.

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