Theverypurposeofhistoryistogatherupwhatisabouttobelostforever.Between500,000to2millionpeoplediedintheCulturalRevolution.Yetasilenceremainsastowhy.OverelevenyearsinMao’sChina,anall-outassaulton’classenemies’tookplace.Teenagerssmashedtheirteachers’skulls.Doctorsweretorturedinjailasforeignspies.Ordinarypeoplecondemned’counter-revolutionaries’toexecution-andthenwenthomeandatetheirdinner.Thiswaslessthanfiftyyearsago.Butthevictimsarebeingforgottenalready.WangYouqinunmasksthetruebrutalityoftheCulturalRevolution.Documentingthedeathsofoversixhundredindividuals,VictimsoftheCulturalRevolutioncallsonustoremembertheevilideologicalfanaticismwreaksandpaystributetoallthosewhosuffered.
