Hi, I just read No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs, and I could not put it down! I love good autobiographies, this one also included testimonies from other people which I loved.
I have a strong interest in politics, authoritarian regimes, cults, extremism. But I would love a book that is also people-focused, eg. how people deal with these political climates or experiences.
Thank you very much in advance:)
by Prudent_Rhubarb_1403
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If you’re looking for something on the darker side that’s been swept under the rug of history:
Notes of a Hostage by Svetozar Ćorović
For our Prisoners by Živko Topalovič
and
The Black Book: Suffering of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the World War 1914-1918 by Vladimir Ćorović
All WWI-related
The Witness Wore Red is a really fascinating memoir by a woman who escaped the Mormon polygamist cult. She talks a lot about the experience of being in the mindset of that cult and what she witnessed. There’s also Under the Banner of Heaven about Mormon fundamentalism/extremism generally.