| If you are interested in books that are related to | | | | their quota and output by 120 percent. |
| WWII or the evil dictators of that era, there are | | | | There are very few gulag survivors that are still |
| a few topics that happen to be fascinating to | | | | alive today and the ones that are still alive are in |
| read about. As a history buff, I have come | | | | their very late nineties. They have remarkable |
| across some of the most interesting and | | | | stories to tell. Can you imagine being taken from |
| informative books on these topics (the Holocaust, | | | | your home, separated from your family, declared |
| WWII, Gulag survivors, Holocaust survivors, | | | | an "enemy of the state" and forced to work as a |
| Joseph Stalin, etc). | | | | slave mining tin and other precious metals |
| In particular, stories from survivors are the ones | | | | amongst other extremely hard labor? |
| that always intrigue me the most. Of all the | | | | It happened to MILLIONS of Russians in the |
| survivor stories that I have read, the ones that | | | | 1940s through the 1950s, but sadly, barely any of |
| are about Soviet slave laborers in the Soviet | | | | the stories had a happy ending. If you are |
| gulags are the ones that not only intrigue me the | | | | interested in this subject and chapter in time -- I |
| most, but touch me the most. These men were | | | | highly suggest that you read a real survivor story |
| subjected to extreme starvation while at the | | | | from someone who experienced it hands on. Who |
| same time had to do an enormous amount of | | | | knows how long these stories will be around for |
| work on a daily basis and often had to increase | | | | people to read... |