“the idea that there’s a widespread movement to learn from history or to understand it meaningfully is false”

How Stalin shaped the Soviet collective memory

An idyllic neighbourhood on the edge of Berlin was once home to elite Nazis who carried out some of the worst crimes of the era. Eighty years on, the families that live there are still grappling with its tangled legacy. Sally McGrane reports

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