I Highly Recommend This Book

[Peter S]

<http://www.scribd.com/doc/5129884/An-American-in-the-Gulag>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dolgun> - the KGB grabbed him
off the street in Moscow in 1948 - he was an American working for the
US Embassy - he was tortured and held in prison (for absolutely no
reason) until 1956

An amazing story

If you want to read about "hell on earth" - this is the book for you

There are very good tips in the book about surviving solitary
confinement and the like

Dolgan was actually a fire warden for a while - that helped him get
out of Russia finally

[Peter Szerlagi]

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