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Informationen zum Autor Stephen F. Cohen is a leading scholar of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. He is Professor of Russian Studies and History at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Politics at Princeton. His widely-acclaimed books include Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution; Rethinking the Soviet Experience; Sovieticus; Failed Crusade and Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's Gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953. This book tells the story of the survivors. Zusammenfassung During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's Gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953. This book tells the story of the survivors. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrologueChapter 1: The History of a BookChapter 2: LiberationChapter 3: The Victims ReturnChapter 4: The Rise and Fall of ‘Khruschev’s Zeks’Chapter 5: The Victims Vanish, and Return AgainEpilogue: Stalin’s Victims and Russia’s Future