Under the Soviet regime, millions of Zeks (prisoners) were incarcerated in the forced labor camps, the Gulag.
One such victim was Julius Margolin, a Pinsk-born Jewish philosopher and writer living in Palestine who was in PoLand on family matters.
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In 1939, as the Nazis and Soviets invaded Poland, many Polish citizens found themselves swept up by the Soviet occupation and sent into the Gulag.
There many died of starvation, disease, and exhaustion, and some were killed by criminals and camp guards.
Under the Soviet regime, millions of Zeks (prisoners) were incarcerated in the forced labor camps, the Gulag