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World Service,21 Sep 1995,43 mins

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The century that created totalitarianism, and then survived it, and the half of humanity that suffered under two systems, fascism and communism, symbolised by three men: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. "You know in a totalitarian state, nobody is himself, everybody's acting, telling lies has to become a second nature in order to survive. Isn't it sad? They destroy a man's soul." Nien Cheng, imprisoned under Mao.

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