I’m also looking for books about the 1920s in the United States
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Bonus points if they’re written in Russian (natively)
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I know you said books but I was reminded of this great movie called The Lives of Others. Also, the book The Reader (not the movie).
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Lives of Others is very, very good.
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. Interviews with normal German people who had identified as Nazis and how the country cane to accept fascism. Great read, imo
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Look at “I shall bear witness”
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Coming out of the ice by victor Herman. One of my all time favorites
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check out Nobel laureate Herta Mueller's books, inspired by her experience as teacher in Romania during the communist regime, harassed by the secret police and forced to flee country in 1987. see brief guide to her work here:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/08/herta-muller-nobel-prize-literature …
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Check out The Lives of Others. It’s awesomehttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/ …
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Svetlana Alexeivich — Second Hand Time
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My undergrad thesis was on the impact of the fall of the Soviet Union on the Russian oil industry. Not people-specific, but happy to send along that bib. My advisor was a specialist in the field and his page has some interesting links (and retro gifs!) http://www.personal.psu.edu/i04/372readings.htm …
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This is a really good book and exactly what you’re looking for, I think. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Love-Story-German-Family-ebook/dp/B00E78REBE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525673285&sr=8-1&keywords=Red+love …
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Russendisko and Goodbye Lenin are two movies worth watching.
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The Invention of Russia
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“Secondhand Time,” the oral history by Svetlana Alexievich, is a world-class source. Not analysis, but for people’s stories, extraordinarily rich.
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Haven’t read yet but saw today:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/books/review/dancing-bears-witold-szablowski.html …
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The play “The Memorandum” by Vaclav Havel
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