Stalin hated his son Yakov and refused to exchange him for surrender during WWII. Yakov committed suicide in a German concentration camp. Stalin’s relationship with his firstborn was contentious, leading to Yakov’s suicide attempt, which Stalin mocked.
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin really hated his son Yakov. Indeed, Stalin refused to surrender to German soldiers in exchange for his son’s release from capture during WWII. In 1943, Yakov Stalin reportedly committed suicide while held as a prisoner in a German concentration camp. Stalin is thought to have despised his firstborn, which may have been due to the death of his beloved first wife when Yakov was only nine months old. At the funeral, he claimed that her wife had softened her hard heart and without her he would never be able to love anyone again. Although Stalin remarried and had another son and a daughter, his relationship with his eldest son was so contentious that Yakov attempted suicide as a result, leading the dictator to mock his son’s poor pistol aiming.
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