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> how depressing was it to live in the Eastern Bloc bernd?
I had a happy childhood more or less. I have warm memories related to my family and friends. What I experienced from the system was something tense then depressing. The unlimited power of party functionaries, and how everyone feared of them, taking lightly people in the positions of power was rare. The rules to follow, the uniforms to dress in (like the pioneer one for kids). Standing in lines.
Then the regime change came and I felt the stress in the adults, how they spoke, how they behaved. They feared they will shoot at the people, how they did in '56.
Stuff like that.