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The changes came with perestroika, when books, which had not been allowed before, became available: Solzhenitsyn’s books [23], ‘Doctor Zhivago’ by Boris Pasternak [24], etc. We shared those books reading and discussing them. This was an active period of time, when many people, who had never given a thought to such things as camps and persecution [25] started to reevaluate their views on life. My husband’s and my families knew the truth by no hearsay, but the majority was only beginning to find out the depth and tragic nature of what had happened.
Location
Talinn
Estonia
Interview
Revekka Blumberg
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