
Living through the fall of communism
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I Was a Pioneer in the Party, and I Grew Up in a Pioneer Family
i will never know whether i would actuallyve ever have been allowed in the party or not. Nobody told me that i came from this family, and therefore i shouldn't be a pioneer. The pioneers was a sort of youth organization under communism. And it was also, it wasn't selected. Everyone became a pioneer, but there was a sense of, if you were better than others, you could get in earlier. It's only those who are more disciplined, more skilled, have better knowledge, have more conviction. Soand this would have transferred to different generations of the family.
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