Silence Was Salvation: Child Survivors of Stalin’s Terror and World War II in the Soviet Union

289 Pages·2015·5.442 MB·English

by  Cathy A. Frierson

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Silence Was Salvation
Child Survivors of Stalin’s Terror
and World War II in the Soviet Union
Cathy A. Frierson
New Haven and London
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Frierson, Cathy A.
Silence was salvation : child survivors of Stalin’s terror and World War II in the Soviet
Union / Cathy A. Frierson.
pages cm. — (Annals of communism)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-300-17945-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Political prisoners—Soviet
Union—Interviews. 2. Political prisoners—Soviet Union—Biography. 3. Soviet
Union—Politics and government—1936–1953. 4. Stalin, Joseph, 1879–1953.
5. Political purges—Soviet Union—History. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Soviet
Union. 7. Soviet Union—Social conditions—1917–1945. 8. Soviet Union—
Social conditions—1945–1991. 9. Communism—Social aspects—Soviet Union.
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To the Good Samaritans, especially the teachers
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And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, say-
ing, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
And he said unto him, Thou has answered right: this do, and
thou shalt live.
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is
my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him
of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him
half dead.
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and
when he saw him, he passed on the other side.
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and
looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:
and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil
and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an
inn, and took care of him.
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence,
and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him;
and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will
repay thee.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto
him that fell among the thieves?
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus
unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
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