The nightmares are gone New Paltz professor recalls Stalinist purge
Dr. Eugen Loebi, a 63 year old survivor, recounts his Salansky trial imprisonment and torture in 1949 Czechoslovakia. He describes long interrogations, hunger, sleep deprivation, and forced confessions as part of the Stalinist purge era. He speaks of rehabilitation, a later return to government service, and the 1968 Soviet invasion. Tomorrow: Loebl discusses his philosophy.