Berlin, the target area for the strangest invasion of all time, an invasion by its own people. Ger mans fleeing oppression in the soviet zone. Since 1945, the german fed republic has granted political asylum to more than 9 million refugees, expellees, and displaced persons. Weary, frightened, and always since the soviets instigated the policy which slammed shut to borders between the east and the west the only escape left is through berlin itself. Weary, frightened, and always after dark, these haunted people are pouring into the city on an average of 20,000 a month. Desperately overburdened city finally broadcasts an urgent appeal to the people in the soviet zone with these words. Do not leave unless youre in direst need. The zone must not be deprived of honest freethinking germans. We beg you, stay on the soil of your homeland, and still they come. A new nation is growing rapidly within berlin, the nation of the homeless. Here by law all refugees register and ask to be granted sanctu
Documents relating to intelligence on the soviet union. About the cia provided the reagan administration. Included in the release were video briefings created by the director of intelligence for policy makers. The soviet communist party hasnt faced a serious internal threat to the political rule since the 1920s. Yet after years of forced sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. Housing remains inadequate. Arttistic expression is stifled. And growing corruption reaches into all levels of society. The soviet people respond with public display of cynicism. They almost never openly challenge the authority of the leadership. The sow yet regime doesnt hesitate to enforce the rule through the violence and oppression of individual liberty. It prefers various propaganda techniques. The use from cradle to grave by the kremlin has helped to ensure at least the passive acceptance of the rule by the soviet people. The soviet regime deses mates propaganda through a vast
Berlin, the target area for the strangest invasion of all time, an invasion by its own people. Ger mans fleeing oppression in the soviet zone. Since 1945, the german fed republic has granted political asylum to more than 9 million refugees, expellees, and displaced persons. Weary, frightened, and always since the soviets instigated the policy which slammed shut to borders between the east and the west the only escape left is through berlin itself. Weary, frightened, and always after dark, these haunted people are pouring into the city on an average of 20,000 a month. Desperately overburdened city finally broadcasts an urgent appeal to the people in the soviet zone with these words. Do not leave unless youre in direst need. The zone must not be deprived of honest freethinking germans. We beg you, stay on the soil of your homeland, and still they come. A new nation is growing rapidly within berlin, the nation of the homeless. Here by law all refugees register and ask to be granted sanctu
Through the violence and oppression of individual liberty. It prefers various propaganda techniques. The use from cradle to grave by the kremlin has helped to ensure at least the passive acceptance of the rule by the soviet people. The soviet regime deses mates propaganda through a vast net work. This propaganda net work encompasses 4,000 newspapers. A large Book Publishing empire. A nationwide radio and tv system. And a stream of public lectures. For example, about 15 million lectures are given each year by the knowledge society. A major component of the propaganda net work. The regime works through mass public organizations such as the communist youth leelg and trade union. The and agitation armed forces and the National Educational system to indoctrinate various population. Professionals are dispatched continuously to enforce ideology conformity. Socialist indoctrination soviet style is introduced leearly in childs education. A small area set up to the exploits of lemon as the great
Dr. Linenthal is wellknown for his studies of historical memory and the memorialize asian, particularly memorialization particularly the modern ground. He has a number of books like sacred ground, americans and their battlefield. The struggle to create americas Holocaust Museum, and the unfinished bombing, Oklahoma City in american memory. Dr. Linenthal served as a visiting scholar for the National Park service, and for all the decade was a member of the flight 93 memorial commission. He codirects the gilder institute of American History summing summer teaching seminar, 9 11 memory and the september 11 memorial. He served on the Advisory Committee for the memorialization for the july 22 norway attacks. So dr. Linenthal opened my eyes to the power of landscape and the contested nature of memory on battlefield such as antietam where i work. When i first read sacred ground as a Nature Graduate student, it was a while ago, but it made a powerful impression on me. I am very fortunate to be