Oral+History+Reflection


 * __ORAL HISTORY REFLECTION__** **TOPIC:** Effects of the Cold War on the Soviet Homefront


 * INTERVIEW SUBJECT:** Mr. Leonard Bekker

Personally, I feel this interview has been a wake up call. I never knew so much about my family's past. I learned about the American perspective at school, but this was also interesting. Can you imagine having to learn how to use gas masks at such an early age? And the fact that the US and the Soviet Union both thought they were going to attack each other is baffling. Plus, having to hear about outside information from news sources that were illegal is something that would never cross my mind today. From what my father has explained to me, people were generally happy during the Cold War, much unlike the hysteria breaking out in the US. Today, since there no longer is a communist Soviet Union, it would be interesting to discover what is taught in schools now about the Cold War. There was so much I didn't know about my own family and their life before the immigrating to the US. I am happy to know about this now.

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