Human Dignity and the Failure of Communism
November 5, 2004
Dr. Stephane Courtois

Professor Stéphane Courtois is the author of numerous books and was the co-author of The Black Book of Communism, which has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Dr. Courtois has also worked as a Director of Research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and as Director of the Group for the Study and Observation of Democracy at the University of Paris.

Dr. Courtois added his own personal history conversion from a youthful support of Maoism to his sweeping but precise presentation of the evils wrought by communism. His message was not depressing but inspiring: he called his audience to see that totalitarianism was still a danger to democracy and that the battle now depended upon the next generation.

This seminar will help me to give my students a lot of new information and to present to them the opinions of people from other CEE countries.


Blaz Torkar, History, University of Lubijana, Slovenia