Лев Копелев и его "Вуппертальский проект"

The book offered to the attention of readers for the 90th anniversary of Lev Kopelev is in no way a replacement for The Wuppertal Project and his other books, which, alas, are not on our book market. This is only a pilot project - the first step towards filling a gaping gap, which is especially painfully felt during the anniversary days.

For those who, due to many years of Soviet practice of silencing and discrediting dissidents, do not had the opportunity to get to know Lev Kopelev earlier, his difficult life, his most interesting literary and social creativity, the book can become an incentive for a wider and deeper acquaintance with his heritage. For those who are interested in developing and deepening mutual understanding and business partnerships between the countries and peoples of Russia and Germany, the book can reveal some aspects of the historical past and show how necessary it is for the present and future to overcome all “enemy images” and persistently introduce images of a friend and ally. .

The time has finally come to create a Russian-German consortium that could effectively provide a solution to the great task of cultural and spiritual recognition and rapprochement of our two peoples , to which the greatest scientist-thinker, brilliant writer and magnificent human being Lev Kopelev gave his big and bright life without reserve.