I would be really interested in finding further information on how M.Ljunggren in 1983 found out the circumstances of Sabina Spielrein's death. Some sources time her death in 1941, since Rostov-on-Don was taken by the Germans twice - November 1941, for a week, and July 1942. How Stalin treated those soviet citizens who happened to live under german occupation, is a known fact - it is not inconceivable that the Ljunggren account may not be accurate and ascribing to the Germans what might have been done by the Soviets, especially to someone whose brothers had already vanished into the secret police maw. 1983 was a height of the Soviet Communist "stagnation", all delicate information was tightly controlled or denied outflat; foreign reporters' travel and contact was much restricted. It might be possible that the journalist was fed a deliberate "duck", or pre-meditatedly misleading information. The Katyn Forest Massacre was still blamed on the Germans with many a minute plausible detail, including a slew of witnesses - all fabricated. So it might be more expedient and cautious to reference that account as a "version of events", instead of as a definitive happening, and keep looking for materials and archive documents until a solid confirmation of whatever transpired with Dr. Spielrein has been found and authenticated.
I would be really interested in finding further information on how M.Ljunggren in 1983 found out the circumstances of Sabina Spielrein's death. Some sources time her death in 1941, since Rostov-on-Don was taken by the Germans twice - November 1941, for a week, and July 1942. How Stalin treated those soviet citizens who happened to live under german occupation, is a known fact - it is not inconceivable that the Ljunggren account may not be accurate and ascribing to the Germans what might have been done by the Soviets, especially to someone whose brothers had already vanished into the secret police maw. 1983 was a height of the Soviet Communist "stagnation", all delicate information was tightly controlled or denied outflat; foreign reporters' travel and contact was much restricted. It might be possible that the journalist was fed a deliberate "duck", or pre-meditatedly misleading information. The Katyn Forest Massacre was still blamed on the Germans with many a minute plausible detail, including a slew of witnesses - all fabricated. So it might be more expedient and cautious to reference that account as a "version of events", instead of as a definitive happening, and keep looking for materials and archive documents until a solid confirmation of whatever transpired with Dr. Spielrein has been found and authenticated.