Obsessions of Berlin

Mattick, Paul
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/mattick-paul/1948/10/berlin.htm
http://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1948/10/berlin.htm
Publisher:  Partisan Review
Year Published:  1948
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX10505

The Russians are Berlin's second great obsession. The rape of the city is burned deep into the minds of its inhabitants because it is associated with their greatest disappointment. Long before the fall of the city, refugees from the East told horrible stories about the Russians' behavior. So did the radio. But wishful thinking discounted these stories as exaggerations and propaganda. At any rate, it could not get worse than it was. The same hope that welcomed Hitler in exchange for the depression welcomed now the Russians in exchange for the bombings.

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