Kommentare zu: Surviving in the front yard of hell

Von: radius

radius — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:52:57 +0000

Dear Ghazal,
I think Andreas is an eye witness of the situation of prisoners in Evin. I had the “pleasure” to spend two days in detention of the east-german secret police during the advent of the fall of the regime there. My memories are that all the cell-inmates (we were about 20 in one large cell) were in a very optimistic and resistant mood. The guards had simply no chance to tear us apart. There was the unspoken agreement between the inmates that the guards are idiots and nobody attempts to colaborate with them. But I can imagine that Evin prison is on a different level in terms of physical and mental torture, and hence the inmates resistance and their solidarity is easily broken.
Take care
/michael

Von: ghazal

ghazal — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 05:59:10 +0000

hi andreas, charing cross road was once the area with the highest density of book stores in europe (if you don’t count the bukinists along the Seine riverbank in Paris). Foyles still manages to survive there, despite the desastreous competition by online book shops and downloadable e-books.
but in addition to selling their products, book-stores have an additional function, as cultural and social switch-boards. In particular i realise this abroad, where like in the us one can take a rest, have a coffee and browse through new literature. would be pitty when this all is lost.
how was it at the various place in europe you lived (malta, uk, lithuania, italy)?
best regards, Ghazal

Von: Andreas Moser

Andreas Moser — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:33:46 +0000

Foyles was the first shop I visited on my first visit to London, thanks to the advice of an English teacher.