“Then he asked in German (the only language that we ever spoke): ‘Ist die Sowjetregierung eine faschistische Regierung? – Is the Soviet Government a fascist government?”. . . . I sat silent for some moments. Then I said: “Ja, die Sowjetregierung ist eine faschistische Regierung — the Soviet Government is a fascist government”. . . . Krivitsky turned for the first time and looked at me directly. ‘Du hast recht,’ he said, ‘und Kronstadt war der Wendepunkt – You are right, and Kronstadt was the turning point.”
Whittaker Chambers, Witness, pp. 459–460.