Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics and misery co-existed with humanity

and misery co-existed with humanity

in ways that have implications for the entire planet

Christos Kakouros

of life and love

in a few short weeks

Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics and misery co-existed with humanityIn 1986 Soviet Ukraine, two boys and two girls are welcomed into the world in a Donetsk maternity ward. Following a Soviet tradition of naming things after prominent Communist leaders from far away, a local party functionary offers great material benefits for naming children after Ernst Thlmann, the leader of the German Communist Party from 1925 to 1933. The fateful decision is made, and the local newspaper presents the newly born Ernsts and Thlmas in