Sandra Kalniete

Außenministerin a.D., Kommissarin a.D. , Lettland

Europe`s history after communism must be rewritten

I am deeply convinced that Europe's history after communism needs to be rewritten. This must be done because the current narrative is incomplete and tells almost nothing about what actually happened behind the Iron Curtain, in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and in the Baltic States. Almost 20 years have passed since the fall of communism yet Europeans still don't understand that the most horrendous pages of the 20th century were written by two totalitarian regimes - Nazism and totalitarian communism. In the name of both of these ideologies the most heinous crimes were committed against mankind....

Lesen Sie den Beitrag in der Anthologie Freiheit, ach Freiheit... Göttingen:2011

                       
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