What the Western citizens completely misjudged at that time was a furious grievance that had been inflicted on all socialists in East and West by that victory of freedom.
Stalin issued the first rule of political correctness: All opponents of socialism were to be labeled ‘fascists’ only.
A brilliant, decentralized urban culture.
In retrospect, Francke's apolitical attitude is staggering and, transposed to the modern day, quite revolutionary.
