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At the Onset of the 'Sixties' Radicalization
My Youthful Year in Germany 1961-62

Riddell, John
http://johnriddell.com/2024/06/09/at-the-onset-of-the-sixties-radicalization-a-youthful-year-in-europe-1961-62/

Year Published:  2024   First Published:  2023
Resource Type:  Article

In June 1961, with the aid of a modest bequest and encouragement from a number of European student friends, I left my home in Toronto and set out for a year of study in Germany.

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Contents:

1. A Quest for Personal Autonomy
2. My Background in Activism
3. Setting Sail for Europe
4. Arrival in Germany
5. Work Camp and Language School
6. Dissident Socialists in Divided Berlin
7. Student Life in Freiburg
8. A Brush with Germany’s Rightists
9. Socialist Discord over Cuba
10. An Instructive Stay in France
11. A Spectrum of Paris Socialists
12. Frankfurt Interlude
13. Vacation School in La Charité
14. World Youth Festival in Helsinki
15. Through Russia and Ukraine
16. Homeward Bound
17. Assessing My Year in Europe

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