Author: BERGER, JOSEPH
Title: Nothing But the Truth
Description: New York: The John Day, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 286 pages. Index. Joseph Stalin's prison camps - a survivor's account of the victims he knew. Author was the founder and General Secretary of the Communist Part in Palestine. He, along with thousands of other patriotic Russians, found himself summarily arrested and imprisoned. He spent 21 years in a dozen now notorious prison and labor camps.... Berger is believed to be the highest ranking political figure to emerge alive from Stalin's camps. Because of his steadfast refusal to speak anything but the truth under interrogation, he was repeatedly subjected to both mental and physical torture. More than once he lay close to death. But with indomitable will, he has survived to bear witness to the suffering of innocent people and to point the way toward a saner world." - from dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Gulags Soviet Union Bolshevik Communist Russia Communist Part in Palestine. He, along with thousands of other patriotic Russians, found himself summarily arrested and imprisoned. He spent 21 years in a dozen now notorious prison and labor camps.... Ber. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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