Speaking of excess mortality, when secret archives were made available to relatives of “enemies of the people” allegedly, who, during Stalinist repressions, “were taken away one night from home” and never seen or heard about again, I did not hear many, at least in my social circle, rushing reading files for a very simple reason – they did not wish to re-experience the pain of now documented suffering of a family member. I understand that this is a specific case (are not all in a way?), but still, how would one know what has (is) really happened (happening) and how, how to categorize, when those who are involved would either avoid in this case even getting hold of, or revealing, even possibly subjectively interpreted information, and outsiders, thus supposedly less biased source of judgement, have limited or no access? Even on globally spoken cases, how much of what is made public is corresponding to reality due to very same factors? Or, what is the moral basis for outsiders to interfere in any way? Are lessons really learnt through ‘association’ or all just gets even more complicated and deteoriorated?

What is reality after all?

Bewildered, I am…