Synthetic Medals
East German Athletes' Journey to Hell
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2022
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80150-135-4 (ISBN)
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80150-135-4 (ISBN)
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East German athletes were hailed as the product of a miracle machine. However, its engine hid a dark secret - a vicious doping system set up by the government itself. Young athletes took the 'blue pill', ignoring its real content. Today they are paying the price for that scheme. What pushed the East German government to sacrifice its citizens?
In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, Synthetic Medals reveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.
In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with astonishing frequency. For many years, their sporting supremacy was hailed as a triumph of the socialist government's commitment to scientific research and innovative training methods. But after the Cold War ended, the Stasi archives revealed a sinister secret behind the successes: a perverse doping system imposed by the government itself. Drugs were administered to young athletes, often without their consent, and the price their bodies are now paying is very high, both physically and mentally. Through the athletes' personal stories, Synthetic Medals reveals the events that led to the discovery of the state-doping system and the subsequent trial. It also explores the state's motives for this crime against its own people - people who were sacrificed on the altar of a distorted ideology, for the simple purpose of achieving glory on the international chessboard.
Joseph Tudor is an Italian-British educator who specialises in tutoring special needs children. He holds a degree in science and one in humanities and has taught chemistry and history for more than 20 years. He has a long-standing interest in the Cold War period and has studied it extensively through many visits to the former East Germany. He has published a book on the topic in Italian. Synthetic Medals is his first work in English.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.01.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Hove |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 144 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80150-135-1 / 1801501351 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80150-135-4 / 9781801501354 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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