Families divided by the Iron Curtain and the Helsinki process Cover Image

Rodiny rozdělené železnou oponou a helsinský proces
Families divided by the Iron Curtain and the Helsinki process

Author(s): Prokop Tomek
Subject(s): History of Communism, Cold-War History, Migration Studies
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Iron curtain;Helsinki process; children; families;

Summary/Abstract: The issue of families split after 1948 by the Iron Curtain is one of the historical topics that are somewhat neglected. Yet, as only a few others, these painful stories fundamentally affected the people concerned and completely changed their lives. This is a typical totalitarian phenomenon without any equivalent in previous times. Children became hostage to the state and a tool for arbitrary punishment and extortion of their parents.

  • Issue Year: IX/2015
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 15-24
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech