By Kristina Kaiserova, Gert Rohrborn
A centred selection of literary works has emerged from a transnational undertaking that convened acclaimed writers at the query of the way dictatorships are conquer. the variety of generations, ecu nations of foundation and creative instructions represented supply an side and even as pose the problem of this anthology. a substantial number of motivations are mirrored whereas authors positioned into phrases a modern biography of persecution, a descendant's feeling of non-public historic accountability, or the creative interest of the "outsider." devoted to the innovative energy of literature and to vital japanese and South japanese Europe particularly, because the previously multicultural surroundings of those international locations suffered the main from ecu dictatorships and their insufficiently processed legacies. The cultural move exhibited the following reduces prejudices and promotes new types of figuring out with Western Europe, whereas aiming to extra a diverse yet universal eu tradition. every piece is gifted in English and within the unique language.
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Konflikte an der Universität, Relegierung vom Studium und Ausschluss aus der SED markierten Stationen meines eigenen späteren Weges. Entscheidend für die Intensität der Lektüre von Jürgen Fuchs war jedoch sein Blick auf die Belastungen und psychischen Zerreißproben, denen Andersdenkende ausgesetzt sein konnten. Mit psychologisch geschultem Blick, fotographischem Gedächtnis und nahezu quälender Intensität schilderte er den Ablauf seiner Vernehmungen, die Versuche der Vernehmer Unsicherheit und Angst zu erzeugen, seine Motivation in Frage zu stellen und seinen Willen zu brechen.
An unexpected telephone call from the TAZ newspaper on November 9, 2006 meant a return of sorts to this reading experience long since passed. The caller needed an urgent obituary on Markus Wolf, who, at the age of 83, had died in the night on the anniversary of the fall of the Wall. For me, the biographical connection between him and Wolfgang Leonhard was the most important element. Both were graduates of the Komsomol School in Moscow, and arrived in Berlin as part of the Ulbricht entourage in May 1945.
Others saw the value of their books as so high that they attempted to get works into the hands and minds of as many people as possible, and assumed the associated risk themselves. The targeted and organized distribution of forbidden literature, group readings and the exchange of related views had the potential to become a preliminary stage and later a real element of opposition action. This type of reading under dictatorships required speed and concentration; it also trained memory techniques. Whether conspiracy was successful or not, notes and synopses were more akin to encoded notebooks than orderly documents.