Nathan is a good speaker. Like Stephen Kotkin and some elite historians. He has dug deeply into Soviet and Russian material. This very likely means he has extensively studied the Russian language. I’m interested in hearing more about the history of Jews in Russia. He’s done some work in this area.

I'm as depressed as the next progressive person about the results of the elections. But we have to remember that a swing of about 200,000 votes among several key swing states could have resulted in a democratic vctory, and yes, I did intend to write that with a small "d." Apparently the turnout among young people was disappointing in this election. The Right also made inroads into every other traditional Democratic constituency. The Nazi takeover in Germany was proceeded by a decade of economic hardship (astronomical inflation rates and high unemployment) and frequent urban street clashes between armed leftist and rightist partisans. So one can say that many Germans (but never more than 37%) viewed the Nazis as the lesser of two evils and finally bringing about peace and stability. Fifty percent of Americans apparently caved to fascism because eggs cost $4 a dozen.

Loved this talk! And such insightful questions! 🙌🏽

At the beginning of his lecture, Mr. Nathan said "The seeds of totalitarianism's end had been planted 40 years earlier" and talked of "the drama of a society, the Soviet Union, trying to find an off-ramp from totalitarianism." He then details the efforts of various dissidents and dissident groups. But by the 49:34 point of his presentation, Mr. Nathan says, "The story ends on a grim note, it can't be denied, the dissident strategy of forcing the Soviet Union to obey its own laws, did not work. If anything, it pushed the Soviet government... to bypass its own legal system and to rely less and less on trials... and more and more on non-legal forms of punishment. And so, if anything, it moved the Soviet government to be less law-abiding than it already was." He then says it was Gorbachev's attempts to fix the system that brought down the system. This seems inconsistent with his earlier statement that the collapse of totalitarianism seen in 1989-91 had seeds that were planted 40 years earlier.

I speak russian but I'm nowhere near fluent, and may be well described as not even proficient. Regardless, "samistad" sounds less like "self published" as an author would publish thier own work, but rather that the work publishes itself... "self publishing."

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Thanks The Wende Museum for the good content as always. I think all your channel needs is a little push to get things moving. One channel I know that can help with that? VyroTimes Africa.

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Hello The Wende Museum, this is some nice content you got here. I think all your channel needs is a little push to get things moving. One channel I know that can help with that? VyroTimes Africa.

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As a child of Viet parents who were also refugee camps in Hong Kong, this really resonated with me. Thank you.

Terrible audio; quite an effort to follow what she's saying - alas, she also has a cold.

How such is disgusting she and her group Pussy Riot 🤮💩

Is a historian of the Soviet tyranny in all Ernest critical of the US second amendment? That'd be a fatal failure in transferring knowledge from A to B

Thank you for bringing Arch Getty to KZbin! Waited some years for such

Yes Putin is a fascist but so are our capitalist democracies where consent is engineered and security has become an excuse to militarize the police and control the people. I dont know who the real enemy is, is it Putin, or our western rulers, or both?

Hoping all of Russia can hear this !truth be told !

You are a beacon of hope for Russia. Thank you for standing up to Putin. I don’t believe he truly represents the Russian people.

Good project.

Well, I had no idea such illustrious speakers appeared at the Die Wende Museum. I'm glad I subscribed.

Thank you for such an important, moving speech Nadya. Your activism has always been a source of inspiration for millions. PLEASE, Wende Museum, publicize this video every way you can and urge others to do so as well. It should go viral as a symbol of hope, activism and commitment to truth and democracy for the United States, Russia, and the whole world. 🙏

Thank you for interviews! Was wondering how Yongyi's wife Helen Yao is doing? I was friends with her years ago when they lived in PA and she sold her own jewelry! Miss seeing her and wondered how she was doing?!❤😊

Wende museum should be renamed to Soviet Nostalgia Museum where failed communist regimes are glorified. Mrs.Chatterjee's lecture is a justification attempt of the bloody Russian invasion of independent Ukraine, wiping out the whole cities and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Why is she, living in the US, doing this? The answer is simple. She is appointed and well paid by Putin's propaganda. Ask her what she did in Russia even after Crimea and Donbass annexation and who paid for her stay there.

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I love "facts don't speak for themselves" It's all about translation and context. What a wonderful discussion!!

It is baffling to me that communism is not globally acknowledged as the most dire curse ever laid upon mankind just barely under death itself.

Thx for this interesting talk

Who is Da vid Bowie anyway!?

Russia is a mafia state who has brainwashed the population. No need to watch the video. Russia is not a new world order by any stretch. Putin is trying to revert to an old world , like in the Russian Empire. He wants to go back in time. The Russian economy was lower than most small countries in Europe and lower than Canada with 35 million people. Russia has 145 million. Russia can't do anything and relies totally on western technology and expertise. Russia has no young people , only seniors on pensions. After this war even more smart people left Russian and a huge brain drain and then 1/4 million young men have died in Ukraine from Putin. So the demographics are even worse.

NATO AND USA have to take responsibility for Breaking their agreement not to advance NATO towards Russia. They have many research but why no one explain the root cause. Putin never Intended the full scale war. He used only 190 k troops because he Couldn't wait for NATO to come to Thier boarder and Setup everything against them. He started the war to Get them to Negotiations and end NATO pack. But US and NATO engaging and aids to the Dictator NeoNazi Zelensky Escalated the war. This is military industrial complex Testing Wopens and selling weapons and thier proper ganda. Anyone a Fair minded person, who is Informed Truth not the Media Propaganda will side with Russia period

Russia is disgusting for their invasion of Ukraine. I always wanted to visit Moscow,not now,i am horrified at their behaviour...or rather Putins behaviour.

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Just discovered this channel and I never expected to find both my biggest academic and musical influence in the same place. From Arch Getty to Bowie via the USSR is quite something, thank you!!

The,What'up. thanks~ professonal traveling! 😌

Heres a list of timestamps if you're interested. Intro 00:00 Homosexual suffering in Nazi Germany/How East + West viewed war crimes 3:18 Homosexuality viewed as Bourgeois decadence, how that influenced reforms in the early East 6:00 Treatment/life of homosexuals from the 50s-60s 9:40 1968 Decriminalisation of Homosexuality 10:52 Queer cultural life in the East 15:13 - Homosexual interest group Berlin 16:44 Charlotte Mahlsdorf (famous Eastern trans woman) 19:14 Churches as venues for queer activists 22:34 1980s legislature, state media about homosexuality 25:37 Q&A Laws against female homosexuality? 30:20 How did gay/lesbian life differ in the East compared to other eastern bloc countries? 31:52 Was it common knowledge that some nazi elites were homosexual? 34:00 Could you name the gay FDJ groups? 35:25 Would you consider reunification a set back for the LGBTQ+ community in the East? 36:16 Were cruising spaces in the East not surveyed by police? 39:20 Meetings between east and west homosexuals in the 80s, did these influence the gay groups in the east? 40:00 Books about Charlotte Mahlsdorf? 42:45 Is there a particular story of a prominent gay person in the Nazi Resistance? 43:20 Outro 44:45

miserable sound, echo chamber, older people (i am 68) have trouble with understanding this.

Loved tuning into this video. Celaya's crossing of disciplines when it comes to physics and art, rather than addressing the relationship between the two as a dichotomy, is so captivating. Great questions from the student council. Awesome video.

Interesting talk, but it completely ignores the U.S. role in China's history during the period. We were waging real (military support for the KMT and Taiwan, Korean conflict, CIA involvement in Tibet, etc.) and economic war against Mao's government from long before the founding of the PRC until we finally recognized them as the legitimate government of China in 1979 (three years after Mao and Chou died). China's post-1949 history was hugely affected by US policies that attempted to isolate China economically, and fear that the U.S., Taiwan and our allies were going to overthrow what we considered the illegitimate Chinese government. I would be very interested to hear Professor Dikötter's opinion on whether or not U.S. policies contributed to the problems of the Mao era. Thanks.

What a wonderful talk. Dr. Dikötter is a gift and the Wende Museum has done well to host him! I’ve never heard of the museum before, but this was a great introduction to its work.

Nice one..! You could get the engagement you deserve with 'promo sm'!!

Pretty insightful and interesting. The good and the bad ,pros and cons. Nice

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Hmmm, the lingering stench of censorship.

Had heard of this museum for a long time. As an Angeleno, have not gone to it yet. Will go soon!