Leningrad: The City That Voted For Others to Starve

Nearly one million civilians died during the Siege of Leningrad. The daily bread ration for children and the elderly dropped to 125 grams. One small slice. Nothing else. The people of Leningrad endured something almost incomprehensible. They endured it in part because the people responsible for their survival had decided, at the highest levels, that endurance was cheaper than the alternative.