Memoirs of a Jewish prisoner of the Gulag

Arrest -- Interrogation -- Butyrka Prison -- On the way to Karaganda -- Karaganda -- The Eynikeyt Group -- The people in Karaganda Camp -- In Karaganda Transfer Camp -- On the Way to Inta -- Inta Mineral Prison Camp -- 4th Abez Prison Camp -- Vorkuta -- The 9th Vorkuta Prison Camp -- My fellow Jewis...

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Main Author: Preigerzon, Zvi 1900-1969 (Author)
Contributors: Lahav, Alex 1952- (Translator, Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston Academic Studies Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Soviet Union / Prison camp / Jews / Political prisoner / Eye-witness account
Further subjects:B Jews (Soviet Union) Biography
B Political prisoners (Soviet Union) Biography
B Preigerzon, Zvi (1900-1969)
B Authors, Hebrew (Soviet Union) Biography
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Summary:Arrest -- Interrogation -- Butyrka Prison -- On the way to Karaganda -- Karaganda -- The Eynikeyt Group -- The people in Karaganda Camp -- In Karaganda Transfer Camp -- On the Way to Inta -- Inta Mineral Prison Camp -- 4th Abez Prison Camp -- Vorkuta -- The 9th Vorkuta Prison Camp -- My fellow Jewish prisoners in the 9th Vorkuta Camp -- Work on coal enrichment : fresh winds -- Release from Vorkuta Prison Camp.
"Zvi Preigerzon wrote memoirs about his time in the Gulag in 1958, long before Solzhenitsyn and without any knowledge of the other publications on this subject. It was one of the first eyewitness accounts of the harsh reality of Soviet Gulags. Even after the death of Stalin, when the whole Gulag system was largely disbanded, writing them could be regarded as an act of heroism"--
ISBN:1644699036