Bulletproof Vests

The scene of Romanov family’s murders was horrific—you can read the grim details in the last chapters of the book. One of the interesting and complicating things that happened, was that bullets aimed directly at the children’s chests bounced off and “jumped about the room like hail.” It was the jewels they’d sewn into their underclothes as they were led from their home to what they thought was safety. They’d unwittingly turned the garments into bulletproof vests, which in turn increased the t...