Communism in Bulgaria

This book examines the psychological consequences of communism on the Bulgarian population. Beginning with Leninism and Stalinism and a brief explanation of socialism by Marx and Engels it describes the historical events in Bulgaria between 1945 and 1989. The main research question is whether the course of history was predictable and more importantly whether and what mental scars that period left behind. This is answered through analyses of Bulgarian history education and historical memory. The focus is on psychoanalytic trauma theory.