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Unsilencing : The History and Legacy of the Bulgarian Gulag.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Topouzova, Lilia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Social aspects--Bulgaria--History.
- Political violence.
- Memory--Political aspects--Bulgaria.
- Memory.
- Political persecution--Social aspects--Bulgaria--History.
- Political persecution.
- Forced labor--Bulgaria--History.
- Forced labor.
- Internment camps--Bulgaria--History.
- Internment camps.
- Totalitarianism--Social aspects--Bulgaria.
- Totalitarianism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This book blends history and cinematography to describe competing memories of the communist past in Bulgaria, a country that remains largely understudied as a site of repression in early communism and one of the largest ethnically targeted persecution campaigns in late communism"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Histories and memories untold
- Forced-labor camps and state repression in Bulgaria (1945-1989)
- Surviving Bulgaria's culture of silence
- Eastern Europe's first truth commission and the 1990 reckoning
- Belene: prison-camp island & town (1949-2022)
- The Lovech camp (1959-1962)
- Conclusion: A collective way forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-8203-7
- 1-5017-8204-5
- OCLC:
- 1485646044
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