Oswald Russian Episode

by Ernst Titovets, Paola Botan (Editor)

Prof. Ernst Titovets, M.D., Ph.D., the author and the only English-speaking friend of Oswald in Minsk, offers his unique insight into the enduring enigma of who Oswald really was. Unique in assassination-related literature, Oswald emerges as a fully human character without the burdens of post-assassination history and conjecture to distort either his character or his motivations. Whether attending together opera and other musical performances, playing cards, calling on the English-language student girls, enacting plays and giving mock interviews before a tape recorder, arraigning mock military drills and combat fights, going through political and philosophical debates, the portrait of Oswald that emerges is alternately poignant, canny, humorous, intriguing, revelatory and deeply personal.The Author’s medical education and professional research background provide an new perspective when scrutinizing many controversial topics about Oswald. The Author gives much prominence to the socio-political outlook and activity of Oswald, the area that other researchers tend to completely overlook. This approach explains Oswald’s motivation for coming to the Soviet Union, his analytical writings on the life of the workers in the Soviet Union as he saw it from the inside, his ideas about improving the life of people in the United States. Oswald emerged as a person who loved his country and wanted to do his best to find a way to solve the socio-political problems inherent to the capitalist system. In his thinking it would be restructuring it along the lines of a more advanced societal organization that he outlined in his Athenian System based on what he believed to have been acceptable features of both Capitalism and Socialism.The supplied illustrations include photographs of Oswald with his Russian friends and co-workers, his wife Marina and his baby-daughter June, as well as other illustrations important in Oswald‘s story. Of particular interest are the fascinating tapes the author made with Oswald, transcribed in print for the very first time. The history behind that dark day in Dallas of November 22, 1963 still provokes keen interest from scholars, journalists, novelists and general public around the world. It will stay relevant having set a historic precedent of a great nation having lost trust in their government, on the one hand, and the accusation of an innocent man to cover up the political assassination of the President, on the other.The JFK issue and the figure of Lee Harvey Oswald have been covered extensively in over 500 books. Nevertheless, Russian Episode stands alone as the only comprehensive study of Oswald written from the perspective of one who knew him well and is qualified and capable of bringing his message to the reader.Other authors about Russian Episode by Ernst “Congratulations on presenting us with the real Oswald…It reads like a good novel.”–David Lifton, author of Best Evidence.“Your book is very well written – head and shoulders above most of the stupid JFK literature. You have a talent for telling a story… My compliments and congratulations again. You bring those times to life very skillfully.”–Peter Wronsky, Ph.D., author and authority on Oswald‘s life in Russia.“It's a fine book. It reads well and I'm enjoying it... I particularly like the English script. One would never know it was written by an author in his second language. Brilliant!”–Barrie Penrose, investigative journalist and author.“Bravo!! A truly colorful in-depth portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald. So very rich in detail. Fascinating! Reads like the other side of a black and white movie. Very intimate. You have humanized this much de-humanized figure.

491 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 8, 2013

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exceedingly interesting. Dr. Titovets was Oswald's best friend during his two and a half years in Minsk. He writes a well documented and believable story about Oswald the man during this period explaining his motivations and behavior through the explanation of their relationship. A very good insight into Oswald's character and personality, one that fill out the portrait of the man. The only minor flaw would be in Dr. Titovets understanding of America in the summary where he tries to explain Oswald's actions and motivations upon his return to America until his murder by Ruby. Several of his suggestions (Oswald may have been planning a political career) don't make sense in our political and cultural context.

[Webalon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Historically Valuable

The author gives great insight into Oswald's temperament and personality. The portrait drawn of Oswald clearly leads to the conclusion that Oswald was a convenient patsy for those who assassinated JFK. Although
the author does not speculate who the assassins were he provides a convincing argument that Russia had nothing to gain from the assassination and much to lose. A valuable firsthand insight into Oswald.