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The History Hour: American Communists

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07/01/2017 GMT

American Communists

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American Communists, gun-toting children in Albania and death and forgiveness in Ecuador.

Early American Communists, the pyramid scheme failure in Albania which left gun-toting children on the streets and a fatal mission to convert a remote Amazon tribe.

The early American Communists, a North Vietnamese tunneler who helped outsmart the Americans and win the war in Vietnam, plus the pyramid scheme failure in Albania which left gun-toting children on the streets. Also how five American missionaries paid the ultimate price after seeking out a remote tribe in Ecuador but left a lasting legacy, and the petition signed in Czechoslovakia which helped bring about the end of communism.

Photograph: Ella and Bert Wolfe (courtesy of the Hoover Institution Archives

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