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//Source: Susan Silverman, born November 3,1963, Was at home with a 3 year old and a newborn, Buffalo Grove,IL in 1989 What do you remember about cold war propaganda?// "Well There was always this east versus west, this communism . They were supressing, they were evil. A lot of these countries had spies, spying on their own citizens."

**Document 2**
//Source: Wayne Silverman, Born January 3,1963, Was working as an CPA in the 3rd year of his business, Buffalo grove,IL in 1989 I know Forest Gump is one of your favorite movies. How do you feel it depicted vietnam/ cold war?// Well Forest Gump himself, the character went to vietnam and fought. They did tyake a lot of kids from rural areas who hadn't really experienced the world before.They were sent half way around the world into vietnam and charachters like Forrest gump or Buba or lieutenant dan were probably symbolic for the people serving over there. Lieutenant Dan coming from the career military family and forrest gump and Buba basically finding themselves in this war far from anything they knew.

**Document 3**
//Source: Noreen Travers, born January 7 1952, a nurse in a Chicago, Illinois hospital Do you think that I view the world differently because I was born after the Cold War?// Oh yes, you and your generation have a much more of a golbal view of the world because the world that you grew up in wasn't taught to you as being two seperate worlds of good and evil. You also were never afraid that at any time the communists would come and get you. So yea I think you do view the world differently asnd thats a positive thing.

**Document 4**
//Source: William McGarry, born October 7th 1960, an Irish Immigrant Carpenter Chicago, Illinois Do you believe the Cold War affected yourlife in any way while it was happening?// No //After the wall fell, do you remember your life changing in any way?// No

**Document 5**
//Source: Karen Bruk, born on January 15th, 1967, a computers teacher in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1989.// //Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell?// “The fall of the Berlin Wall took all eyes off of the, what seemed like at the time, 200 pound woman with a baby on the way. I remember getting my routine checkup, when your father was out of the room during the ultrasound. I assumed he was just being a typical guy, watching the Gators vs Bulldogs football game, so I screamed for him to get in the room. I was then confronted with a wave of “shut up lady”, because it was at my routine checkup that footage of the Berlin Wall falling was playing on all the televisions in the hospital. Being young at the time, I still remember the anger I felt because I had to spend 3 hours at a 30 minute appointment because every doctor and nurse told me “if he isn’t coming out, then it can wait”.”

**Document 6**
//Source: Mark Bruk, born on October 31st, 1965, a business man in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1989.// //What impact did the Vietnam War have on your life?// “Vietnam War? No one cared about the Vietnam War. Where I lived, the only thing people actually talked about was the Watergate scandal, and nothing more. After Watergate, no one trusted the government, and the little support the war had gained in the early years was short lived. To be frank with you, no one gave a flying f*** about the Vietnam War, except the hippies on their guitars singing about the pains of the war.**

**Document 7**
//Source: Robert Mitchell, born on September 9th, 1957, a portfolio manager in Chicago, Ilinois in 1989.// How did the Cold War impact pop culture (music, movi, etc)? "I think everyone thought the other side, the Russians, were a constant threat. So it was like there was this sense of constant hostility from Russia. So, I would say popular culture used Russians as a common enemy in movies, TV. On the other hand it excluded us from learning about Russian/Soviet culture, because they were the enemy: they were the bad guys."

**Document 8**
//Source: Gordon Powell, born September 6th, 1927, working for Illinois Bell Telophone in Orland Park, Illinois in 1989.// Do you think the Cold Wat affected your life in any way while it was happening? "No, not really. We had no relatives in Germany. So it had no real affect on our lives. If we did, then it may have affected us more. We still didn't like Russia causing problems." In what way did you undertand the tension between capitalism and communism? "Communism is run by dictators. People aren't free. People must follow the laws set by the dictator or they are killed. We are free. We elect our officials. We expect Senators and the like to mandate laws that help us to stay that way."

**Document 9**
// Source: Steve Naftzger, born on May 29th, 1962, a U.S. Air Force pilot instructor in Los Angeles, California in 1989. How did the cold war affect your life in any way while it was happening? "The cold war didn’t seem like a war, it was more of a phase- just something that was always going on in the background. It was more on my mind than most people’s since I was in the military. When I went to Prisoner of War training, we practiced as if we were captured by the Russians. They were our enemy, and we had to be prepared to fight them." // // Do you think I view the world differently because I was born after the cold war? "Absolutely. Your generation has never wondered ‘Gee, I wonder if a bomb is gonna go off today.’ or ‘Gee, I wonder if those crazy Russians will do anything today.’ I wasn’t really afraid of the Russians mostly because they’d be idiots to take us on, but it was always a possibility." //

**Document 10**
// Source: Diane Naftzger, born on August 1st, 1959, a manager of a shopping mall in Santa Anita, California in 1989 // // How were you effected by the Vietnam War? // "In the US, they sold silver engraved bracelets with the name of a POW on them and the date they were captured. Everyone wore them, and mine said Sgt. (I don’t remember his first name) Thomas and he was captured on my birthday. The idea was to wear the bracelet until the POWs were released or found to be dead. I wore it for several years, until they were released. I have a very strong recollection of watching the POWs on TV coming off the plane and having their names announced. We were eager to see if the man on our bracelet was released."

**Document 11**
 Source: Stephen McKenna, born on May 18th, 1957, Verizon engineer in the department of science and technology, New Jersey in 1989. What do you remember learning at school or in the news about the cold war? Well the tension was always there. [The Soviet Union] told us that they were going to hang us with our own rope. Do you believe the cold war or the fall of the Berlin wall affected your life? No to both.

**Document 12**
// Source: // //Sue McKenna, born on June 16th, 1952, AT&T/Bell Labs supervisor, New Jersey in 1989.// Well the whole reason my family left china was because of communism… my mother was made to go work in the fields for a low salary… but in capitalist America, we got to keep what we worked for, what we had earned.

I feel the newer generation takes thinks for granted… they don’t have to live in fear of the draft, and quite frankly, don’t understand the value of earning things.

**Document 13**
//Source: Jeff Garton, born October 4th, 1953, Human Resources Manager for Miller Brewing Company, Wisconsin in 1989

__What kinds of "rumours" were prevalent during the Cold War?__

There were a lot of rumors about nuclear fallout and nuclear bombings. Within two miles of my home in the country, they built a bomb shelter, and we were all afraid of a nuclear explosion in the United States so everyone went to see it. But when we did, it looked like it would hold about 16 people, so I started wondering "well how about these other thousands and thousands of people...what the Hell are they gonna do when we get blown up?" No real rumours about life in the Communist countries though. We had no clue about whether the people were nice, or angry, or afraid like we were. It was always about the military and governments. //

**Document 14**
//Source: Cathy Yin, born January 2, 1966, Graduate Student at Beijing University, China in 1989

__What were you taught about Capitalism and Communism while growing up during the Cold War?__

I was taught that capitalism was the worst thing that could happen in a country, and it was the way that the rich people ripped off the poor. Communism though, I was told was the best system in the world. And I bought it... They taught me that Communism gave everyone freedom and happiness, and that it was the only system that made everyone equal, not only in social status, but in wealth too. Also, there were always rumors about how the majority of the people in Capitalist countries like the United States were poor and miserable, and had to live off of food like banana peels and garbage. //

//Did did the Cold War, while it was going on, change your life?//

"Not at all. Actually, I do remember one thing...I had to sleep in sweatshirts during the oil embargo because our money had to last. But again, other than that, did the Cold War directly impact my way of life, well probably not as much as history books make it seem like "

**Document 15**
//Source: Pearl Lai, born July 20, 1958, Taiwanese Certified Public Accountant in Los Angeles, California in 1989//

__What do you remember learning at school or in the news about the Vietnam War?__

I don’t know about it, but I heard it was very cruel and threatening. I don’t know what caused the Vietnam war, but I heard that for the soldiers who go there are very threatening and very scary.

//Source: Warren Lai, born September 15, 1953, Taiwanese VP of CEC Industries in Chicago in 1989//

__After the wall fell, do you remember your life changing in any way?__

Not really, I was aware that it happened, it was on the news every 5 seconds during Raegan’s reign. You couldn’t have missed it even if you tried really hard. Life didn’t really change for me. Life went on, and on and on.

**Document 16**
//Source: Kristina Yao, born February 26, 1961, Engineer for Westall in Oswego, Illinois by 1989//

As the Cold War raged on, many countries, such as China became quite isolated and were rationing everything. "It would be a luxury to even have a cookie. There wasn't much of anything and we had to ration the little food we actually had." In order to survive, immigrating to where there would be work was the best idea. Working Visa to America, the rumored 'Land of Opportunity' actually lived to it's name. "In America, there were more opportunities for work than back home."

**Document 17**
//Source: Jack Yao, born November 29, 1963, Software programmer in Oswego, Illinois by 1989//

During the Cold War the one thing that is most predominate would be the digging of the bunkers. Community bunkers would be built in case of nuclear war ever occur. "We were not a afraid, we just didn't really know what would happen." The war between capitalism and communism is all in theory, everything changes. Pop culture surrounded the Cold War and wars like Vietnam in the movie, //Rambo//, besides that there was not much of a life change. Growing up in on the down side of Shanghai, there isn't much that changed.

**Document 18**
Source: Barbara Butler, born February 9th, 1952, was a student in Cedar Falls(Iowa) high school at the time of the Vietnam War, in the late 1960's Interviewer: How did the Vietnam War change your (and the typical American's) perspective on life?

"My father was in the last honest war (World War II), where it seemed that good and evil were more clear-cut than the Vietnam War. In Vietnam it was not clear to many in that the country was divided- and Americans were taking sides. It seemed unwinnable and very debatable- that's why I was against the war. However; my boyfriend at the time had joined the Marines going to Vietnam, and I began to hear another perspective. He said many people were poor and looking for a leader to help their lives- and that he couldn't tell the good guys from the bad guys. By the time he left, he doubted the effectiveness and purpose of the war, and became bitter when he returned home as he saw what little support there was."

**Document 19**
Source: Marjorie Butler, born February 26th, 1925, was a housewife in Cedar Falls, Iowa trying to raise three children during the Vietnam War (late 1960's-early 1970's) Interviewer: What was life like for American citizens during the Vietnam War? "My children had friends that went into service, it was just dreadful. It was a very unpopular war, and I suppose I was against it. It was not a volunteer matter, and it was hard. Many times we would come home and on the television there would be announcements of POW's and MIA's, and our soldiers fighting other soldiers. We had a lot of young men coming home with psychological problems after the war, and it was horrible. One time there was a downtown parade in Cedar Falls, and the local band played the national anthem before it was about to start. Your grandfather and I stood up, but your mother didn't...I guess that showed how adamant some people were about their political viewpoints...I was very shocked."


 * Document 20

Source: //Mr. Johannsen, born May 29, 1970, student at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champagne, Illinois.

Interviewer: How do you think the Cold War affected this society (teenager's) view of the USSR?

You may view the Russians differently than I do. To me the Cold War was mostly about distrust. THe USSR didn't trust us and we didn't trust them. For this reason, I am still skeptical of the Russians. Although they seemed to be moving away from Communism and repression at the time, they have never made a complete transition to Western democracy. in fact, in recent years they seem to be moving back toward old Soviet styles of repression and communism. You may question why people of my generation do __not__ trust them

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Source: //Mrs. Buttleman, born October 3.

//Interviewer: How did being in Germany affect your life during the Cold War?

I was a music/art teacher at Hahn Air Force Base high school on the Hunruck Hohenstrasse in Germany. I took a group of band and Choir students to W. Berlin for a Festival at the high school. First of all, we had to get special permission to travel through East Germany. We went by train at night and were instructed to take no pictures and talk to no one at the stations. I remember waking up during the night and seeing the Russian guards and dogs on platforms walking back and forth. It was very repressive and even as an adult, I remember the fear this repression instilled in me, even as an adult. //

**Document 22**
Source: Karen Hauptmann, born October 30, 1960, employed by AT&T in 1989

//What do you remember learning at school about the Cold War?//

I remember my 4th grade teacher told us that he escaped the draft to fight in whatever country they were fighting in those days. I remember how he had strong political views on the matter and would always tell us how he disliked the American government's way of going about the war and yet he still hated the communist ways. That's about all I learned.

**Document 23**
Source: Frank Hauptmann, born March 26, 1961, employed in the plastics industry in 1989

//After the wall fell, do you remember your life changing in any way?//

Not at all. Life went on for me and for those around me like it always had. There was no real effect.

Source: Brad Nahrstadt, born October 21, 1967, student at University of Illinois Law School in 1989
 * Document 24**

//What do you remember learning about the Cold War in school?//

I remember that learning how bad the Russians were at everything. We were basically taught that we were a lot better than them in everything that we did.

**Document 25**
Source: Debby Nahrstadt, born June 22, 1967, student at University of Illinois Law School in 1989

//Do you think that the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union affected you in any way?//

It didn't really affect me because I was just another citizen. I wasn't affected by the war to begin with, so after the war it didn't affect me. Also, the U.S. just went into another conflict with another country. It's like a never ending cycle.