Answer:
A. TRUE
Step-by-step explanation:
Stalin's purges of intellectuals, military leaders that could be a threat to him, religious leaders, essentially anyone judged as a utilitarian waste or threat were killed in the millions. Stalin killed off more "enemies of the state than those killed in WWII.
Mao, similar communist dictator did the same in China.
Death squads sought out innocent people and killed them just to intimidate others. Often times torture and gruesome deaths. Worked to death in slave labor camps etc.