Collection ID: 4077968 BAR Gen Ms Coll/Rakhalov
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Rakhalov, Al
- Extent:
- 88 pages and 88 pages
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
The memoirs "Zhemchuzhina zapoliaria" concern the Vorkuta concentration camp in the 1930s, discussing in particular prisoners whom the author met. Among the prisoners he discusses were 1,300 "Trotskii-ite" prisoners who arrived at the camp in 1936. They went on a mass hunger strike, and in 1938 were massacred by the authorities. (Page 54 of the manuscript is missing.).
- Acquisition information:
- Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.
- Processing information:
Memoirs Accessioned 1952.
Memoirs Processed 12/--/80.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- aapm
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu