The Wrath of Kan: A Soviet-Born Anthropologist on Stalin’s Gulag
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The Soviet Gulag Was Favored by the Regime Because of Free Labor
Some Gulag prisoners, as I understand, were enlisted into these battalions. Some physicians were complicit because they were not supposed to write in the death certificate that the person died of starvation or abuse. They invented some diseases. Also, there was a method where prisoners who were really, really sick, malnourished, very close to dying, they were released. To kick him off the books. Yeah, that way, the numbers for people who died were much lower than the reality. So you're getting a lot of bang for your buck, if you wish.
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