Captive - University: The Sovietization Of East G...

: The regime was less successful. Fear of losing expertise led the Polish Party to keep potentially disloyal "pre-war" professors in their positions, hoping they would train a new, loyal intelligentsia.

: The degree of successful transformation varied significantly between the three nations. Captive University: The Sovietization of East G...

: Connelly emphasizes that a country's pre-war history and its specific experience during World War II heavily influenced how universities resisted or succumbed to Communist control. : The regime was less successful

: Attempts to create a worker-peasant majority in universities largely failed despite Stalinist pressure. hoping they would train a new