Cannibal Island Death in a Siberian Gang by Nicolas Werth Translated by Steven Rendall Princeton, 248 pp., $24.95 As a general rule, a name like "Cannibal Island" spells doom for property values. But ...
In 1933, over 6,000 people were dumped on a remote island in Soviet Russia with no food, shelter, or tools—just guards and rifles. What followed was a nightmare of starvation, violence, and ...
In 1933, the Soviet Union shipped over 6,000 prisoners — political dissidents, peasants, and “undesirables” — to a barren ...