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The memoirs "Zhemchuzhina zapoliaria" concern the Vorkuta concentration camp in the 1930s, discussing in particular prisoners whom the author met. Among the prisoners he discusses were 1,300 "Trotskii-ite" prisoners who arrived at the camp in 1936. They went on a mass hunger strike, and in 1938 were massacred by the authorities. (Page 54 of the manuscript is missing.).
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Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Memoirs Accessioned 1952.
Memoirs Processed 12/--/80.
2020-05-01 PDF removed. jg
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