pickAn extraordinarily important book so we do not forget those who died for freedom, and those who risked their lives to dig tunnels. The epilogue is disturbing: there is a growing nostalgia for east Germany, that it wasn‘t so bad. Americans showed practically no interest in the anniversary of the fall of the wall. And the book divulges the beginnings of our abhorrent government practice of surveilling citizens (ironic?) and controlling the press. ⬇️
Texreader Slow in the chapters about the way American media succumbed to intervention by the president to “stop the presses,” it took a long time and willpower to stick through lots of detail. But it pays off in the end about lessons learned. And don‘t skip the epilogue. #readingeurope2020 #germany 3h
Librarybelle Sounds good! 3h
Eggs Yes-current ‘nostalgia‘ toward E. Germany would be abhorrent to those who lived through this horror. That‘s akin to saying the Holocaust ‘wasn‘t that bad‘. Germany and Russia were terrorist totalitarians - 💔 Heartbreaking. Nice review 👏🏻👏🏻 2h
Suet624 Great review! now
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