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An unforgettable testament to human couragein 1948 in moscow, a young american, alexander dolgun, was picked up by the soviet police, smuggled into prison on charges he was never to know, brutally interrogated during 18 months of physical and psychological torture, and condemned to 25 years in the soviet labor camps of the infamous gulag archipelago. Alexander dolgun is the author of alexander dolguns story 4. Alexander dolgun, patrick watson contributor alexander dolguns story an american in the gulag 1975 free ebook download as pdf file. An american in the gulag, detailing his arrest by stalins security police in 1948 and. The backgrounds of the writers reflect the extraordinary diversity of the gulag itself. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Home the parnassus bookshop alexander dolguns story. And although the holocaust of world war ii is well documented, the gulag system of stalin and the soviet union is every bit as tragic and remains to this day, to many, many people largely unknown or forgotten. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Alexander dolgun s account, remarkably summoned up from memory, is just one of the stories solzhenitsyn might have incorporated in his massive work on the gulag archipelago.
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An american in the gulag, cowritten with patrick watson, which recounted his gulag experience in detail. Health and death edit dolguns health was severely harmed by his experience and he suffered from numerous ailments. An american in the gulag by dolgun, alexander condition. The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it is jihadist terrorism, putins imperialism, or the ambitions of chinas dictatorship, writes waller r. Dolgun s health was severely harmed by his experience and he suffered from numerous ailments. As a 22 year old young american, son of one of the american engineers who took jobs in russia during the depression, he was stopped by secret police. Alexander dolguns story will shock many modern american readers, not least because of what it reveals about the past practices of their own government. The paper deals with the cases when fictionalized narratives can double as historical evidence to mass violence. This was released by ballantine books in june 1976. An american in the gulag, detailing his arrest by stalins security police in 1948 and subsequent torture in prison.