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HELL ON EARTH: Brutality and Violence Under The Stalinist Regime | 
 enlarge | Author: Ludwik Kowalski
Publisher: Wasteland Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3243615
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 140
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 160047232X
Dewey Decimal Number: 947
EAN: 9781600472329
ASIN: 160047232X
Publication Date: July 30, 2008
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Product Description
The author's father, a civil engineer, left Poland for the Soviet Union in 1931. An idealistic communist, he believed it was his duty to emigrate, and to contribute to the building of a new society. His wife and his infant son followed soon after. In 1938 he was arrested and sent to a GULAG camp in Kolyma, where he became a slave in Stalin's state of proletarian dictatorship. Two years later he died, most likely from exhaustion, working in a gold mine. In this book The author, who is a retired physics professor (Professor Emeritus at Montclair State University, New Jersey), shares what he knows and thinks about Stalinism. Educated in the Soviet Union (elementary school), in Poland (high school and master's degree) and in France (Ph.D. in nuclear physics), he came to the United States in 1964. He deliberately avoided talking about Stalinism and concentrated on professional activities--teaching and research. Approaching retirement, however, he wrote an essay on Stalinism entitled "Alaska Notes." It describes the gruesome Soviet reality, focusing on Kolyma, and on Stalin's inner circle. The essay contained comments on what has been published by some survivors of Stalinism, and by authors of several scholarly books, such as Leszek Kolakowski. "Alaska Notes" was posted on the Internet discussion list at Montclair State University. This public forum revealed a wide range of opinions about communism. The animated discussion, mostly among professors, convinced the author to transform the essay into this book. It is dedicated to all victims of Stalinism, and in particular to the author's father, a naive idealist deceived by propaganda. Royalties will be donated to a Montclair State University scholarship fund.
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A Great \Read September 29, 2008
The author will take you along in his journey from his boyhood to the recollection of his beloved family. As Ludwik Kowalski takes the reader through places like the Russian concentration camps and the victims of Stalinism. He will provide the reader with an opportunity that you would not normally have! A Great Read!
David I Wagner
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