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- catalog abstract ""In Voices from the Gulag, Tzvetan Todorov singles out the experience of one country where the concentration camps were particularly brutal and emblematic of the horrors of totalitarianism - communist Bulgaria." "The voices we hear in this book are mostly from Lovech, a rock quarry in Bulgaria that became the final destination for several thousand men and women during its years of operation from 1959 to 1962. The inmates, though drawn from various social, professional, and economic backgrounds, shared a common fate: they were torn from their homes by secret police, brutally beaten, charged with fictious crimes, and shipped to Lovech. Once there, they were forced to endure backbreaking labor, inadequate clothing, shelter, and food, systematic beatings, and institutionalized torture." "We also hear from guards, commandants, and bureaucrats whose lives were bound together with the inmates in an absurd drama. Regardless of their grade and duties, all agree that those responsible for these "excesses" were above or below them, yet never they themselves. Accountability is thereby diffused through the many strata of the state apparatus, providing legal defenses and "clear" consciences. Yet, as the concluding section of interviews - with the children and wives of the victims - reminds us, accountability is a moral and historical imperative."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11349426.
- catalog contributor b11349427.
- catalog coverage "Bulgaria History 1944-1990.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""In Voices from the Gulag, Tzvetan Todorov singles out the experience of one country where the concentration camps were particularly brutal and emblematic of the horrors of totalitarianism - communist Bulgaria."".
- catalog description ""The voices we hear in this book are mostly from Lovech, a rock quarry in Bulgaria that became the final destination for several thousand men and women during its years of operation from 1959 to 1962. The inmates, though drawn from various social, professional, and economic backgrounds, shared a common fate: they were torn from their homes by secret police, brutally beaten, charged with fictious crimes, and shipped to Lovech. Once there, they were forced to endure backbreaking labor, inadequate clothing, shelter, and food, systematic beatings, and institutionalized torture."".
- catalog description ""We also hear from guards, commandants, and bureaucrats whose lives were bound together with the inmates in an absurd drama. Regardless of their grade and duties, all agree that those responsible for these "excesses" were above or below them, yet never they themselves. Accountability is thereby diffused through the many strata of the state apparatus, providing legal defenses and "clear" consciences. Yet, as the concluding section of interviews - with the children and wives of the victims - reminds us, accountability is a moral and historical imperative."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Istvan Deak -- The Inmates -- The "Crimes" -- Arrest and Deportation -- Camp Life -- Life After the Camp -- The Women's Camp -- The Other Side -- The Nurse -- A Brigade Chief -- Two Guards -- The Chief of State Security at Lovech -- The Regional Director of State Security -- At the Ministry of the Interior -- Among the Families.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 178 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0271019611 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng frebul".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Bulgaria History 1944-1990.".
- catalog spatial "Bulgaria".
- catalog spatial "Bulgaria.".
- catalog subject ""Slŭnchev bri︠a︡g" (Concentration camp) History.".
- catalog subject "365/.45/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Concentration camp inmates Bulgaria Biography.".
- catalog subject "DR93.A1 V65 1999".
- catalog subject "Political persecution Bulgaria.".
- catalog subject "Political prisoners Bulgaria Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Istvan Deak -- The Inmates -- The "Crimes" -- Arrest and Deportation -- Camp Life -- Life After the Camp -- The Women's Camp -- The Other Side -- The Nurse -- A Brigade Chief -- Two Guards -- The Chief of State Security at Lovech -- The Regional Director of State Security -- At the Ministry of the Interior -- Among the Families.".
- catalog title "Voices from the Gulag : life and death in communist Bulgaria / [compiled and edited by] Tzvetan Todorov ; translated by Robert Zaretsky.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".