That was probably “Gulag.” by Anne Applebaum.
A complete overview of the gulag system but not
as many first person accounts as I would have liked,
not that there are that many survivors.
Another good book is Kolyma by Conquest or
other books about Magadan, the transfer point
to the gold camps. Truely a horror.
The survivors of Kolyma had a little saying:
Kolyma, Kolyma, Amazing Planet.
Twelve months of Winter
The rest is Summer.
You’re right. The book is in storage, or I could have provided more info. (My bad!)
With you, I wish there had been more first-hand accounts, but that’s where “The Gulag Archipelego” comes in. For what it’s worth, it’s a first hand account of the entire system.
I will look for “Kolyma By Conquest” on Amazon and B&N. I’m sure it will, most likely, whet my appetite for more Eurasian history. Thanks for letting me know about that.
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I just bought “The 900 Days” by Harrison Salisbury, and another copy (the first one wore out long ago) of “One Day In the Life of Ivan Denosivich.”