DEPORTED TO THE USSR. ACCOUNTS OF GULAG VICTIMS

This book is a moving collection of accounts from people deported to the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1950. Their stories, full of pain, suffering, but also hope, make up a unique picture of life in inhuman conditions. It is a testament to strength of spirit and steadfastness that have survived the most difficult trials.

• Personal accounts of victims of Soviet exile
• Unique historical material on Stalinist deportations
• Cooperation of many historians from Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan
• Stories about the collapse of their previous lives, suffering and hope
• Attempts to adapt and resist in a new place
• Approximation of the history of purges and deportations in the Soviet Union
• Book a contribution to studies on Stalinist deportations

From 1939 to the mid-1950s, about one million Europeans were deported to the depths of the USSR - some to labor camps, others to special villages scattered across the wilderness, thousands of kilometers from their homeland and home. This book tells about this part of history, hidden for many years, and even now not fully known. It consists of stories of victims of Soviet exile. The historians who co-created this book traveled countless routes in Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan in search of accounts of the last living witnesses.

The stories collected by them allow us to see how complex the deportation experience was: the violent collapse of their previous lives, suffering, extreme emotions, the pain of despair and glimmers of hope, and finally life in a new place - attempts to adapt and resist. The unique historical material woven from the testimonies of victims is an indispensable contribution to studies on Stalinist deportations. Together with the multimedia website it brings closer the history of purges and deportations, common to all Europeans left at the mercy of the Soviet Union.

The collective work edited by Alain Blum, Marta Craveri and Valérie Nivelon, with the collaboration of Mirela Banica, Juliette Denis, Marca Elie, Catherine Gousseff, Malte Griesse, Emilia Koustova, Anne-Marie Losonczy, Jurgita Mačiulyté, Françoise Mayer, Agnieszka Niewiedział and Isabelle Ohayon is a rich compendium of knowledge about the fate of the deportees.

Edition: Pages: 294, Format: 152x234 mm. Year of publication: 2015, binding: paperback. Publisher: Dialog Wydawnictwo Akademickie. Number of pages: 294. Binding: paperback. Format: 152x234 mm.