In her autobiographical book, Russian opposition activist Irina Scherbakowa shares her memories of life in Russia after perestroika. The co-founder of the human rights organisation Memorial, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, closely interweaves her own experiences and social observations with Russian history and politics of the 20th century. Her topic is her active political work, which continues to this day, her fight against state terror and for the reappraisal of Stalinism.
Scherbakowa reports on everyday life and the political awakening in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s and vividly describes the new freedom and self-determination of the people until their unexpected end and the slide into dictatorship. Memorial International was liquidated in 2021 and Irina Scherbakowa, like many other bearers of hope in the country, fled into exile. She now lives with her family in Tel Aviv and Berlin.
With her book, the author, moderated by journalist and Russia specialist Gemma Pörzgen, will be a guest of the Saxon State Centre for Political Education in Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau for three days, providing an opportunity for exchange and discussion.
→ to the event on the website of the Saxon State Centre for Political Education
