International came out at a time when Communist Eastern European radio stations, mainly Radio Moscow, would find news, or possibly fake news, that discredited Western values and showed that Democracy was worse than Communism, in particular, tolerant of fascism. This example of Veronika Merkoff, shows that a West German girl, apparently personally "guarded" by Somoza "guards", was horribly mutilated by police or military in a pro-Western state.
@vulcanbiscuit@cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was.
So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands.
But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
@vulcanbiscuit@cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was.
So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands.
But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but...
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but they've substituted it with a totally different unrelated clip. This is what Google Translate says about the German clip: "Well, I did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk
and was not taken on after training
so I have completed my vocational training.
And the way I'm doing..."
International came out at a time when Communist Eastern European radio stations, mainly Radio Moscow, would find news, or possibly fake news, that discredited Western values and showed that Democracy was worse than Communism, in particular, tolerant of fascism. This example of Veronika Merkoff, shows that a West German girl, apparently personally "guarded" by Somoza "guards", was horribly mutilated by police or military in a pro-Western state.
@vulcanbiscuit I mean, isn't it true to a sense because alot of South American dictatorships were brutal?
@vulcanbiscuit I mean, isn't it true to a sense because alot of South American dictatorships were brutal?
Regardless of whether communism is worse than democracy, those things still happened and alot of those dictatorships were horrible places.
Regardless of whether communism is worse than democracy, those things still happened and alot of those dictatorships were horrible places.
@vulcanbiscuit @cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was. So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands. But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
@vulcanbiscuit @cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was. So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands. But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but...
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but they've substituted it with a totally different unrelated clip. This is what Google Translate says about the German clip: "Well, I did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and was not taken on after training so I have completed my vocational training. And the way I'm doing..."