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“My preschool had these communal restrooms — just five toilets lined up ... no barriers, no doors. It was like a Roman bathhouse,” the performer said, drawing a laugh from one woman in the second row.

Men carry buckets of water for the communal kitchens and improvised latrines while women stir massive pots over open flames.

He described watching the fall of the Berlin Wall from a communal television in prison.

Crucially, the camps' strong communal bonds have been fractured.

Seeing a film in what the venue calls “shared reality” can be all-encompassing and yet intimate as well as communal and, if everything works out, somewhat thoughtful.