tragic memory of Europe's totalitarian regimes
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The tragic memory of Europe's totalitarian regimes
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0422
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08867a
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Prague, Czech Republic
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2013
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp9-13
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9788087211793
NotesArticle from the book 'Lest we forget: memory of totalitarianism in Europe' pp9-13
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The years 1920-1930 saw the emergence of a political phenomenon unprecedented in history: totalitaranism, which led to the greatest tragedy that Europe had ever known. Totalitarianism was born in Russia in 1917 by the Bolsheviks, an extremist revolutionary party led by Lenin. This new regime was imposed by dictatorship, terror and civil war laying the foundation of the totalitarian system