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TIL Stalin had a son who he hated and who was later captured by the nazis. The nazis thought they could use him as a bargaining chip to trade to his father Joseph in return for Nazi generals. In response, Stalin said, "I do not trade generals for soldiers" Stalin's son would later kill himself.

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