General Walter G. Krivitsky, before the Dies Committee, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 11, 1939, where he stated that 35,000 members of the Red Army officer corps lost their lives in the 1936-37 purge in Russia. (AP Photo)
General Walter G. Krivitsky, before the Dies Committee, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 11, 1939, where he stated that 35,000 members of the Red Army officer corps lost their lives in the 1936-37 purge in Russia. (AP Photo)