Memoirs of Zinoviy Rodshtein, born in Kiev, Ukraine, regarding his experiences in prisons in Gorkiy, Kharkov, Kiev, in a Soviet forced labor camp in the Kirov region and more
Life before the war; work as the Executive Secretary of the local Comsomol Movement (Union of Communist Youth) Committee, 1936; detention of his friend, Mitya Komardinov; Rodshtein's refusal to accept the accusations leveled against his friend; dismissal from work due to his friendship with a Trotsky-terrorist; expulsion from the Communist Party; arrest, 28 October 1937; interrogations; life in prison; crowding in the cells; abuse by...