This book is written by a Jew who found himself in the grinding stones of History, lived through the gloom of hell, survived, and many years after his restoration during the post-Stalin era wrote a portion of his memories.

Lev Konson's book is a true descent into Hell, without the hope of return. It is a deep dive into the depths of Evil, a knowledge that should not be possessed by man, as recently stated by Svetlana Aleksievich, the Russian Nobel laureate.

This book not only pulverizes the lies still upheld by the defenders of Stalin's darkness but also shatters the illusions of all those who claim that the theory is correct, but its application is wrong.

This book is an ark of compassion and memory for all those who were unjustly, inhumanely, and relentlessly tortured and suffered in Stalinist concentration camps. Each text that enriches the literature of the humanitarian tragedy of the 20th century, the tragedy of the Gulags, serves as a reminder and a warning of the dangers of its repetition in our troubled times....