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Do Not Avenge Us: Testimonies about the Suffering of the Romanians Deported from Bessarabia to Siberia
Contributor(s): Moise, Monk (Author), Gabor, Octavian (Translator)
ISBN: 1936629488     ISBN-13: 9781936629480
Publisher: Reflection Publishing Co.
OUR PRICE:   $16.13  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.96 lbs) 324 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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The sovietization of Bessarabia during and after WWII implied in part its Russification. The communist regime fought fiercely against anything that meant Romanian identity: the Romanian language, the Latin alphabet, or Romanian national history. Beginning with the first year of occupation, the Romanian elite - priests, civil officers, politicians, and professors - were arrested and persecuted. Tens of thousands were assassinated or sent in the Soviet Gulag or prisons.
The book presents six testimonies of men and women who were sent into the Gulag. The stories are often dark, but they also reveal ways in which people maintained their humanity in the harshest conditions.