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I spent the first half of my life in a central European former communist country. Life had its challenges and many people dreamed of escaping to the west.
Even now, after so many years away from it all, I still find myself dealing at times with a lack of trust originating from those years where many ordinary people were secret police informants, .7 out of 22 million per official accounts or even as high as 1 in 10 in unofficial accounts in my country's case.
To the people with similar experiences:
How do you deal with this legacy? And how do you look back on those years now?
Last edited by learningCA; 03-02-2010 at 08:24 PM..
which country? Some were more brutal than others. Czechloslovakia was supposedly more benign than say Hungary or Poland. Romanians, while very poor, were not tortured by secret police at alarming rates.
which country? Some were more brutal than others. Czechloslovakia was supposedly more benign than say Hungary or Poland. Romanians, while very poor, were not tortured by secret police at alarming rates.
Summers73, I would rather not answer your question as I am not interested now in an oppressiveness comparison chart of former communist central European countries.
Last edited by learningCA; 03-02-2010 at 07:59 PM..
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