La vita ai tempi del comunismo. Interviste, vent'anni dopo

This review is not hidden because of spoilers (though there are a lot), rather it is hidden because it is badly written. I want it here though to prop up my ageing memory...... +_______+ The Lost World of Communism centres on three members of the Eastern Bloc – East Germany, Romania and Czechoslovaki Leggi tutto

I was born 1983 in West Germany. So whatever I remember from that time of history is just snippets of bigger news, stories as told by the adults around me and the general views and stereotypes people on the other side of the Iron Curtain used to hold about those in the Bloc. Nevertheless my family's Leggi tutto

I hate communism with a burning, fiery passion. I hate what it has done to my country, to Eastern Europe, to my family and to hundreds of thousands of other families. I hate it when I hear old geezers saying life was better in communism, or how they miss the good ol' glory days. And this book only m Leggi tutto

I'm fascinated by Cold War history, and I've read quite a lot of historical books about Eastern European communism, but there isn't much that looks at everyday life, so I was delighted to receive this book as a gift. It's full of stories of people's experiences of life in East Germany, Czechoslovakia Leggi tutto

One of the great disappointments of my life is not being able to cross the iron curtain and visit the Eastern Bloc and see with my own eyes what we read and heard about that part of the world, which for us Westerners was a great unknown, when I first moved to Europe in 1989. This book unfortunately

I wish there had been snapshots from other communist nations, especially Poland and more obscure places like Albania, but for what it presents, it works very well. Anecdotal history that doesn't outstay its welcome, and with enough viewpoints to leave any kind of judgement up to the reader. An enter Leggi tutto

This is a book published in connection with a 2009 BBC documentary mini series of the same name - based on interviews with people who lived under communism in the former E. Germany, Romania and Czechoslovakia. Mostly, the interviews present horrific views of the police state including the repression Leggi tutto

This was a fantastic book! As it is divided into various chapters of Socialist's life, it perfectly captures everything. My only gripe is that I would prefer more detailed descriptions and explanations. I understand that it is primarily comprised of first-hand accounts from people living in post-soc Leggi tutto