“…Duration: 00:43:00 The first film of a series of two portrays life( the second documentary is called "Old Ibrahim's World") in the Pomak village of Breznitsa (South Bulgaria) focussing on female labour, processes of re-islamization after the downfall for communism and growing western influences. Taking the example of the muslim mother Zeyneb with her family and that of young western-oriented Fidanka these antagonistic processes in contemporary Pomak society are described.Zeyneb is a traditional middle-aged woman involved in the education and marriage of her three daughters. …”

“…But they also discuss their life in the orphanage and the required loyalty to Communism, and their dreams for the future come up on a regular basis. …”

“…Although the Crusade for Freedom never raised enough money to fund more than a small part of the RFE budget, its ubiquitous advertising, along with parades, public forums, and slogans such as "Fight the Big Lie with the Big Truth" and "Help Truth Fight Communism," served to mobilize American support for the Cold War. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Bush on involvement in Iraq <br/>- Polish presidential elections <br/>- The post of president in the unified Germany <br/>- Russian parliament against extraordinary presidential rule <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Hungary strives to sign inter-state agreements <br/>- Meeting of the Historical Justice Committee <br/>- Roundtable on reasons for the Budapest International Fair to exist <br/>- Miklós Németh in England <br/>- Jeszenszky's lecture on the death of communism Külpolitika: <br/>- Bush az iraki szerepvállalásról <br/>- A lengyel elnökválasztás <br/>- Az egységes Németország elnöki posztja <br/>- Az orosz parlament a rendkívüli elnöki kormányzás ellen <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Államközi szerződések megkötésére törekszik Magyarország <br/>- TIB értekezlet <br/>- Kerekasztal a BNV létjogosultságáról <br/>- Németh Miklós Angliában <br/>- Jeszenszky előadása a kommunizmus haláláról…”

“…Minden and his concept of cultural and ideological competition -- The New York Book Center : books, books, and more books -- The book project reaches new heights : the golden age of the 1960s -- Western and Émigré books and periodicals published with covert support -- New opportunities through East-West contacts -- The early 1970s : the international advisory council -- A lasting enemy -- The communist regimes on the defensive : criticisms, warnings, and attacks -- The person-to-person distribution program : a direct way to reach East Europeans, the early Polish program 1958-1959 -- Another vehicle for reaching the people of eastern Europe : the person-to-person distribution program and personalized mailings -- The most important book distribution point : Vienna -- Letters from Poland, the crucial country -- Letters from Czechoslovakia before and after 1968 -- Letters from Hungary under goulash communism -- Letters from Romania under the Ceausescu regime -- Letters from Bulgaria despite very strict censorship -- The last seventeen years : International Literary Centre, Ltd., East Europe, and the USSR.…”

“…He was saved by his knowledge and expertise, which proved useful in an atmosphere of growing fear of world communism. This excellent documentary by the director Kevin Macdonald captures the life of Klaus Barbie, Nazi torturer, American spy, master of cruelty and life–long Nazi, from his time in the Gestapo through the years he spent in Latin America to his death. …”

“…While episodes vary in quality, the best ones nicely illustrate the setbacks and advantages of living under late Yugoslav communism. In the seventh episode Šurda is finally in his own apartment, but without his peace of mind since he can open the door only with a secret password. …”

“…Former secret police officer Franz Maurer and some of his colleagues become police officers as communism collapses in Poland. Others, like his best friend Olo, join forces with the Soviet and East German ex-secret police officers who are fighting for control over the emerging drug market. …”

“…After the individual speeches which are not recorded here, the members of the panel launch into a debate about the legacy of communism, media perception and media coverage. The discussion is available on this tape.…”

“…The first is the internal time, the Cold War, communism versus the free world, when propaganda about the atomic bomb was made to persuade the people that only nuclear weapons would protect them from the "Evil Empire". …”

“…Rigby -- Soviet and Chinese goal values: a study in communism as a behavior system / Robert C. North -- Organizational contrasts between communist China and the Soviet Union / H.F. …”

“…By the end of the film, the ever-joyous,singing and dancing Hasan is only a shadow of his former self, lost in a totally new strange world, full of "kolkhoz peasants", "proletarians" , pioneers with bugles and drums, and endless columns of cars, "busy building Stalin's communism."…”

“…<br/>- On Czechoslovak trials <br/>- Ruling Najibullah leadership survives difficult days <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz statement to Tanjug on the multi-party system in Hungary, delays to ideological reform, 1956 and Hungary's relations with Western Europe <br/>- Sándor Demján talks to a West German paper on the judgment of 1956 <br/>- Conversations about reparations to the victims of Fascism and Communism <br/>- Files, examination and investigation materials relating to political and show trials 1946-1962 <br/>- Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) holds discussion of systems of association at Jurta Theater Külpolitika: <br/>- Szovjet <br/>- Izraeli külügyminiszteri tárgyalások <br/>- Mit jelent a szovjet-izraeli közeledés a közel keleti térség számára? …”

“…The U.S. hopes to thereby stem Communism in this defeated Asian country, and teach them to rule themselves. 3. …”

“…The anniversary of Prince Aleksandr Nevsky's death; economic problems of the town of Vorkuta; a lesson for school children in the Russian Center of Space Flights; interview with the Professor of Legal Studies, Boris Krylov, about the new Constitution of the Russian Federation; dismissal of Eduard Rossel from the position of the Head of the Administration of the Sverdlovskaia oblast; discussion of the forthcoming referendum on the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the parliamentary elections; discussion of the irrelevance of confusion Communism and fascism; on the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923; on the Kazakhstan's exit from the ruble zone; discovery of the gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan; school for blind children near Moscow; the problem of public transportation in Moscow. …”

“…At the heart of its strategy was to hold onto West Berlin, the “island in a sea of communism" that conventional weapons seemed less and less able to defend. …”

“…A call "Back to the Middle Ages" closed an article on social models - communism, socialism, and liberalism - as perceived by a pseudonymous author in the Warsaw-based weekly "Wiadomości" [News], an unofficial publication of Solidarity members.…”

“…Soviet Dissidents Write to a Polish Opposition Group / by Anna PomianThe underground biweekly "Solidarność Walcząca" publishes a Polish translation of a letter from a Soviet "Group of Sympathizers of Fighting Solidarity", prepared in Leningrad in April 1987 and addressed to "all those who oppose communism in Poland" and written on behalf of "their Soviet supporters." …”