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Beyond the Wall : Life in Communist and Post-Soviet Europe
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It may seem unthinkable to older viewers, but for an emerging generation of young adults the Cold War is little more than an abstract historical concept. Its impact on Eastern European society beco...
It may seem unthinkable to older viewers, but for an emerging generation of young adults the Cold War is little more than an abstract historical concept. Its impact on Eastern European society becomes vivid and concrete, however, when those who experienced it firsthand are given a chance to speak. In this film, citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic, and what was once East Germany describe life under post-war Communism and offer candid assessments of the transition to freedom, capitalism, and democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Topics include state-run education, government surveillance and torture methods, prison conditions, escapes to the West, the collapse of the Wall, German reunification, the dramatic corporate restructuring implemented by the Treuhand Agency, and more. Conversations with respected historians and authors are interwoven with the personal, emotionally charged recollections of civilians.
Details
- Creator
- Connell Creations (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (91 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn841532976
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on February 10, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Transition to Capitalism and Democracy (2:42) -- Growing Up Under Soviet Rule (3:53) -- Cold War Border Tension (2:29) -- Sealing the Cold War Frontier (3:25) -- Initial Appeal of Socialism (1:45) -- A Fully Employed Society (1:13) -- Economic Inefficiency in the Soviet Union (1:07) -- Communist Work (1:27) -- Disillusionment with Socialism (2:12) -- Censorship Under the Soviet Union (2:08) -- Communist Education: Ignoring the Truth (2:54) -- Big Brother: Trust No One (Questionable Language) (4:02) -- Coming Under the Stasi Radar (3:15) -- Soviet Imprisonment (3:41) -- Rebelling Against Communism (4:11) -- Prague Spring Crushed (2:58) -- Berlin's Impermeable Wall (5:13) -- Consequences of Attempting to Defect (4:41) -- Buying Freedom from Communism (1:23) -- Soviet Union's Gradual Collapse (2:09) -- Berlin's Peaceful Revolution (3:37) -- Czech Republic Celebrates (3:38) -- East Germany in Transition (2:29) -- Reunification Challenges (2:12) -- Free but not Democratic (3:11) -- West Germany Takes Over (2:56) -- Unemployment in the Former GDR (1:13) -- Brain Drain from East to West (1:13) -- Nostalgic for Communism (2:15) -- Addressing Regime Skeletons (2:45) -- Appreciating Freedom and Democracy (4:48) -- Credits: Beyond the Wall: Life in Communist and Post-Soviet Europe (2:16)