00:00Stalin was furious when he heard the news about Yakov's capture. He had previously ordered that
00:05no soldiers were to surrender, so the idea that his own son had done so was seen as a disgrace.
00:11He was angry that Yakov had not killed himself instead of being captured and suspected that
00:16someone had betrayed him. Yakov's wife, Yulia, was not immediately told the news and suspicious
00:22of her motives and the idea that Yakov surrendered, Stalin had her arrested.
00:27To conceal his identity, Yakov removed his officer's insignia and tried to pass as a soldier.
00:33But several of Yakov's servicemen betrayed his identity to the Germans
00:37because they hated Stalin and the Soviet system.
