Thread by @KramarenkoMari3

Yes, my both Ukrainian grandfathers were speaking Ukrainian initially but they were russified, forced to speak russian. Moreover, my grandfather was left-handed, he was re-taught to write with his right hand, because THAT'S HOW IT HAS TO BE in soviet union. 1/5

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Also my parents couldn’t get the education they wanted, first because women were not accepted to certain specialities, case of my mom. And second, Jewish people were not allowed to study certain specialities because they are Jewish, case of my father. His mother was Jewish
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and in Soviet Union your nationality was written in your id. So that was enough, having a Jewish mother to be banned from studying some specialities.
The most tragic situation was with my grandfather who gone trough concentration camps in Germany during WWII. You were
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#USSR

considered as traitor if you got in captivity, and returning back to Soviet Union he had to hide the fact he was in concentration camps. His older brother an officer of soviet army helped him with that. But in a perspective, my grandfather had to quit the jobs as soon
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as he could be promoted, as the govt. would check all your data before accepting to a high position. And if they found out you were not sent to Siberia after concentration camp in Germany, they would catch up with that. 5/5
#USSR #communism