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Behind the wall : the inner life of Communist Germany by Hans-Joachim Maaz is a psychology available to read on EtoBox.
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In Behind the Wall, East German psychiatrist Hans-Joachim Maaz reveals why the most difficult problem of adjustment after the fall of Communism in East Germany, as in the former Soviet Union, is not political or economic but psychological. In his impassioned account, based on his work with 5,000 patients in the last decade of the Communist regime, he describes the pervasive fear, historical amnesia, and "blocked emotionality" of life in the former Communist state. These deprivations, he argues,
Who reads Behind the wall : the inner life of Communist Germany?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hans-Joachim Maaz
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393033649
- Category
- psychology
- Subjects
- Psychology, History, Political Science
- Rating
- 3.25 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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