Do Not Avenge Us: Testimonies about the Suffering of the Romanians Deported from Bessarabia to Siberia
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073QST8CQ |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 182 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I read better ones on the subject anna mcgovern This book is OK,nothing that special, I read better ones on the subject, for some people may be eye opener,I would very stronglyRecommend Warlam Szalamow,in my opinion this is the best, but I don't know if we have English translation
Tens of thousands were assassinated or sent in the Soviet Gulag or prisons.The book presents six testimonies of men and women who were sent into the Gulag. The stories are often dark, but they also reveal ways in which people maintained their humanity in the harshest conditions.. The communist regime fought fiercely against anything that meant Romanian identity: the Romanian language, the Latin alphabet, or Romanian national history. The sovietization of Bessarabia during and after WWII implied in part its Russification. Beginning with the first year of occupation, the Romanian elite - priests, civil officers, politicians, and professors - were arrested and persecuted