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This chilling report offers a detailed and firsthand account of the harsh conditions and brutal treatment of prisoners in the Vorkuta forced labor camps in Soviet Russia during the early Cold War period. The report was compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency based on interviews with former prisoners and other sources. It provides a stark reminder of the human rights abuses and authoritarianism of the Soviet regime, and the dangers of totalitarianism in general.
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