Today's broadcast lecture from Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson is on a very disturbing topic, that of Dumitru Bacu's (1971) book, ‘The Anti-Humans: Student Re-Education in Romanian Prisons’ and it contains graphic language. More specifically, the book centers on methods of torture and brainwashing at the Pitesti prison under Ana Pauker's communist regime in Romania from 1947 to the early 1950s. These are today known as the Pitesti experiments, and the purpose was to associate Christianity, the family and nation with horrible tortures involving sexual pain, fecal obsession (which can be found in the Talmud), humiliation and constant beatings. This was then coupled with sleep deprivation and medical neglect in the creation of the socialist “New Man.” You should be warned: the imagery here is horrible and disturbing for even the toughest of personalities. Dr. Johnson offers this discussion so you don't have to read the book yourself. It is not a pleasant experience, but he also will not mince words. These tortures were designed to push the psyche beyond any possible limit. More broadly, this broadcast will deal with the concept of torture as a mechanism of social control and its use in liberal as well as communist societies. Presented by Matt Johnson The Orthodox Nationalist: ‘The Anti-Human’ and Pitesti Prison in Romania – TON 073119
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