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she started a diary at seventeen she was banished to the infamous gulag locked up behind bars. for an attempt on stalin's life who instructed i got no explicit instructions from anybody. just another page in the history books. his grandmother lived through it. to understand how he feels about the difficult subject but how. just one example. there are. for somebody else rather than myself. i shudder at the thought. on. the. touch. yeah ten years. i. was. one and did they give me ten years. be agreement is without appeal. i've done nothing wrong nothing wrong. real soviet people were supposed to be full of joy cheerful place desolate parades and impressive demonstrations all of which were designed to inspire people with enthusiasm. i guess what i'm reduced down to one said life has become better life has become merrier life for people in his inner circle may indeed have become better and more cheerful but listen to what lena wrote when she was thirteen moscow's not happy people killing for basic necessities are angry and worn out they curse their government and their miserable ex

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try to remember the names of relatives who had also passed through the gulag. those will be lasting memories. from. the father of gold miner vladimir was also rehabilitated the demon of things he's duty bound to set up a memorial crosses where prison camps are cemeteries for inmates used to be he goes out of his way looking for these places he makes the crosses and then invites priests to come say memorial prayers over unmarked graves just like the fall of la niña take a look from decide first that it's not quite in the right position but i will stand here when you turn up to face me. ok goat for. each. little. judicious. use. of. the other ticket if this process is a my wife repentance for the mistakes my relatives my aunts all. in the late nineteenth. and early twentieth centuries. i hope god will somehow take notice of this. it was to head up. the soviet courts found no crime in the case of give to new ginsburg the author of journey into the whirlwind later adapted into a play the performance always attracts a full house each time the actors receive a standi

try to remember the names of relatives who had also passed through the gulag. those will be lasting memories. was also rehabilitated. duty bound. to be he goes out of his way looking for these places he makes the crosses and then invites priests to come. over unmarked graves. it's not quite in the right position to. turn up to face me. each. little. bit just get over it. all due. process of my wife repentance for the mistakes my relatives my role. was in the late nineteenth going to sort of and early twentieth centuries. i hope god will somehow take notice of this. oh it was a end up. the courts found no crime in the case of fifteen year james burke author of journey into the whirlwind later adapted in no play the performance always attracts a full house each time the actress receive a standing ovation a.

the woman went through the gulag. prison mentions. a seventeen year old in me the book describes how adult women looked after the girl they washed her pants braided her hair gave her their sugar rations and taught her how to behave during interrogation. do you admit that you had terrorist intentions against comrade stalin and other leaders of the bolshevik party. i admit i had a terrorist intent against stalin the soviet government's crackdown on my father prompted such intentions. feat was likely sealed before she was even born she could have ended up in prison anyway even without the diary. to begin with she was born into the family of an opposition ist nina's father said given mcgough school he was a communist but his interpretation of the word different from how the bolsheviks and the ruling party understood it. he was in favor of the people's power and against the dictatorial power of one man despite repeated harassment in arrests minas father managed to set up a prosperous enterprise to cooperative bakers it was called the end c

being sent to the gulag or concentration camp is a horrible fate. being deported was a horrible fate. they led to millions of deaths. however, i am not discussing those within my 14 million. if i add those events in, the gulag, ethnic cleansing, that would add a few more million deaths. the interesting things to observe, most of the people that were killed in the region, were deliberately killed. not because they were sent to camp, ethnic cleansing, they were deliberately killed by starvation, shooting, or gassing. the liberate killing on the territory is the most significant event in the region. that's one the reasons why i chose to focus on it. another reason was because it seems to me it as the innate significance, deserving of it's own attention. final was this. nothing is beyond history. everything that happened in the past is history. we should try to understand it by way of historical method. this may seem elementary. i fear it does. you'll understand what i mean. there are many people who say or believe one cannot understand the famine or th

they died because they were sentenced to the gulag. they also died because nazi germany had invaded and disinstructed. are they victims of hitler or stalin? like many other people, the blame is shared. this brings me to the last point that i want to make. it has to do with precisely the comparison. as i said, i did not write this book because i wanted to compare nazi germany and the soviet union. it was my view and still is my view going into the book that we -- these comparisons are too abstract and too theoretical about history. that have said, comparison is something that ought to be done. i put it at the end of the book. logically, i don't think comparison is sustainable. if i were to stand here and say to you, you cannot compare the soviet union and nazi germany, the only logical content is i have already made the comparison. i would very much like for you not to do so. it has no other meaning. the word incomparable is a judgment. you cannot say both are incomparable unless you've looked at both of them and made the comparison. th

those people die because they were sentenced to the gulag by the soviet union.but they also died because in those years of nazi germany had invaded the soviet union and disrupted food supply. are the victims of hitler or victims of stalin? like many of the people, the blame is shared. this brings me to the last point i want to make and it has to do with precisely the comparison. as i said, i did not write this book because i wanted to compare a nazi germany and the soviet union. it was my view and is still is my view going into the look at these comparisons are too abstract, too theoretical and little round in what we now know about history. that said i think the comparison is something that ought to be done and i put to the end of the book and i am going to give you a glimpse of what i think about it to be the first is this. logically i don't think any taboo on comparison is that all sustainable. so, i would say to you cannot compare the soviet union and nazi germany. the only logical content of that is i have already made the comparison, and i would very much

we call them gulag. did and all the prisoners whenever they are in two prison camp to jobs, forced labor, okay? i was there. i was working 12 to 12, 12 hours a day in the labor camp, in the coal mine, okay? and second job, so-called reform. you have to change your mind. have to uphold communism. and because the labor, they made the products in 1990s american customs, they investigate american enterprises. they punish six companies in the court because they import the products from america. they issue a long list in the couple service for the products coming into china. suppose they don't have it? you should have it. yesterday, canadian tv station make announcement. a canadian company import prison-made products. and the prison has 6,000 products exporting to canada. total cost 200,000. and we laogai foundation pose like a company, category the chinese camp and they signed a contract with us. if we paid the money the products would come to the united states. whatever you want to do business, but this is i

course not noting that they are communists and their blowing up churches and throwing nuns in the gulag and jailing priests. far too many people, especially on the religious left. a great ex-communist himself and investigator of this time. i asked him when i started doing this book, is their a particular group that was duped more than any other. he said yes, progressive pastors were the biggest sectors of the ball. american peace mobilization is a good example. go ahead. you need a microphone. >> in your analysis how distorted historical the and how effective as propaganda do you see the way hollywood through films have depicted the communist influence and particularly against the u.s. >> great question. it is scandalous, horrible, absolutely horrible. i would say that hollywood but still dupes for the communists. the communists are in the grave. hollywood is still protecting them. protecting them as if they were never communists to begin with. october 1937. these hollywood figures who are almost all party members, they are called to washington to testify. they get a group of liberal ho

hu jintao presides over a gulag state, clearly a dictatorship. he is directly responsible for the syematic detention and torture of millions of peaceful chinese, tibetans and uighur harry wu knows what happens this those gulags. torture, cattle prods put under the armpits and genitals. president hu jintao presides over that sickness and that perversity. president hu's secret police hunts down christians, falun gong and tibetan buddhists, especially e falun gong who are massively being killed in this china today. president hu is responsible for the barbaric end and, really, the worst violation of women's' rights, in my opinion, ever. the one child per couple policy relies on forced abortion to achieve it goals. and president hu's china, brothers and sisters are illegal. they are illegal. anyone in the audience who has a sibling in china, you're only allowed one. as a direct result, the cumulative effect of this barbaric policy, there are 100 million missing girls in china. most of the feminists have been silent about this terrible gendercide direc

harry wu knows what happens this those gulags.n christians, falun gong and tibetan buddhists, especially the falun gong who are massively being killed in this china today. president hu is responsible for the barbaric end and, really, the worst violation of women's' rights, in my opinion, ever. the one child per couple policy relies on forced abortion to achieve it goals. and president hu's china, brothers and sisters are illegal. they are illegal. anyone in the audience who has a sibling in china, you're only allowed one. as a direct result, the cumulative effect of this barbaric policy, there are 100 million missing girls in china. most of the feminists have been silent about this terrible gendercide directed against little girls. let me ask yang jianli who has been an outspoken leader on behalf of of chinese human rights, it seems to me when a man like hu jintao comes in, the press give him a free pass. i would ask the press to ask the hard questions, not just the generic question about human rights. ask specifics about what is

harry wu knows what happens this those gulags. torture, cattle prods put under the armpits and genitals. president hu jintao presides over that sickness and that perversity. president hu's secret police hunts down christians, falun gong and tibetan buddhists, especially the falun gong who are massively being killed in this china today. president hu is responsible for the barbaric end and, really, the worst violation of women's' rights, in my opinion, ever. the one child per couple policy relies on forced abortion to achieve it goals. and president hu's china, brothers and sisters are illegal. they are illegal. anyone in the audience who has a sibling in china, you're only allowed one. as a direct result, the cumulative effect of this barbaric policy, there are 100 million missing girls in china. most of the feminists have been silent about this terrible gendercide directed against little girls. let me ask yang jianli who has been an outspoken leader on behalf of of chinese human rights, it seems to me when a man like hu jintao com

but you have any idea how many people are in communist gulags? >> it's really difficult that number. so for the reason, and i talk about prison system. i talk to to present system. one is official. through the court you can get record of how many people they detain. but there's another prison system that is like joe. there are hundreds of them in china now, run by local government at various level. so we just cannot know, cannot find it how many people are being detained. on top of that, many people are missing, and many people are being put under house arrest. so we just don't know how many people. >> we've been told it's in the millions, and i presume you would agree with that. >> i don't have specific number, and i would say many. i would say china has most prisoners in the world. >> one of the things that i gather from listening to these learned people is that i believe china is not dumb. i believe they are very smart. and their leaders. and i think that they are playing chess, and they're doing it over a long very good time. they are moving

yang, but is there -- do you have any idea how many people, how many million people are in communist gulags? >> it's really difficult to get number. so for the obvious reason. and i talk about the prisonn, system.a i have talked to two prison systems.te one is official. youo know, through the court you can get the record how manyu people they detained, but there is another prison system that is black jail.in there are hundreds of them in china now run by local government of various level. so we just cannot know, cannote find out how many people are being detained.an and on top of that, you know,e many people are made missing, and many people are being put under house arrest.y >> sure. >> so we just don't know how un many people --. >> well, we've been told it's in the millions, and i presume that you would agree with that. >> i don't have the specific number, and i would say many.>> i would say china has the most a prisoners of conscious in the world, yep. >> okay. one of the things that i gather from be listening to these --th from listening to these learned people is that i believe china

and how many more people suffer in silence, people who have disappeared into the vast network of gulags that no human being, much less any animal should ever have to see or experience. mr. speaker, we must continue to press these points, to remain deserving you have our own identity as a nation, founded on freedom of religion, a nation that embraces freedom of speech and justice and free and fair commerce as worthy foundation for prosperity in future generations. our china policy should reflect these transcendent and universal principles. on the economic front, nearly $2 trillion of debt and a bilateral trade deficit approaching $300 billion also pose weighty concerns. we must challenge china to abandon its embrace of unbridled americaen tillis much -- mercantilism which contribute to this staggering imbalance. china must know that global responsibility and accountability are inseparable. we must, mr. speaker, also look ourselves in the eye and order our own fiscal affairs, revived stagnant manufacturing industry, refurbish our industrial base and take responsibility for our economic fu

if you read his stories about the gulag comments very much there. i learned that from experience and also from my cellmate who had been in the army for 30 years and who knew a little bit about -- those little bit about unreason. again, you don't know and after a while you don't ask because these things happen. i mean, they identified some of us as that. there's. they identified others is not under what criteria, you know, i don't know. the other thing about the green revolution -- i'll just say, the events in tunis may have had a huge ipo on the iranian sites. one of the things they came up with, which was really cute was the same in persian. is that tunis tunis, means to ms. currie, iran couldn't. or it also means tunis is tunis. iran is not tunis in the same way. i mean, they are arguing about it just as much. why does the work in one place and not in another? my 52nd answer is that ben ali had the place to go. the folks in tehran do not. i mean, can you imagine them running away to saudi arabia? i doubt it. >> may i -- let me speak to the treatme

if you read his stories about the gulag comments very much there. i learned that from experience and also from my cellmate who had been in the army for 30 years and who knew a little bit about -- those little bit about unreason. again, you don't know and after a while you don't ask because these things happen. i mean, they identified some of us as that. there's. they identified others is not under what criteria, you know, i don't know. the other thing about the green revolution -- i'll just say, the events in tunis may have had a huge ipo on the iranian sites. one of the things they came up with, which was really cute was the same in persian. is that tunis tunis, means to ms. currie, iran couldn't. or it also means tunis is tunis. iran is not tunis in the same way. i mean, they are arguing about it just as much. why does the work in one place and not in another? my 52nd answer is that ben ali had the place to go. the folks in tehran do not. i mean, can you imagine them running away to saudi arabia? i doubt it. >> may i -- let me speak to the treatme

he uses the same terminology like gulag and things like that. i'm not going to repeat it. i consider the republican party and the tea party the american taliban and al-qaeda. keep doing what you're doing inside the repeal. -- and fight the repeal. you have a firm grasp. one quick thing i want to say. the stimulus bill, you know, you had a lot of republicans against it. no one will say now that general motors was saved. when you look at all the republicans that have bmw -- it's no surprise why they did not mind the american manufacturers to go under. my call is to mail in support you and the democratic party, and also the people -- is to mainly supported you and the democratic party, and also the people. it's not going to go anywhere. thank you. guest: thank you. i appreciate what you said. i think the one large point you've made is that it is easy to be the monday morning quarterback, but the bottom line is that we had a recession two years ago. with the recovery act and the tarp -- a lot of people do not like the fact that we saved the banks and gm. i think those things h

ronald reagan that he got a message out of the -- some of the concentration camps up in siberia and gulag and different places that were really rough, and the people were thirsty for news of what was happening with america and they were praying for us. they realized we were a source of hope and inspiration to the rest of the world. there was a group of our founders came over on a boat, it was called the lion, it was a 1630, it was some of the puritans under winthrop. and they wrote something called the model of christian charity. it was a long sort of puritan-type document but it said something about, we must consider that we should be a city on a hill, a light to the people around the world, and that was where reagan picked that up in his speeches. of course it came out of the bible, but we should be a sit i on the hill, a light to the people of the world, a good example. and an inspiration so that they would think of also being free from the influence of excessive government. so that's the challenge that you as freshmen and all of us, all americans are facing. i think people are startin

he uses the same terminology like gulag and things like that. i'm not going to repeat it. i consider the republican party and the tea party the american liban and al-qaeda. keep doing what you're doing inside the repeal. -- and fight the repeal. you have a firm grasp. one quick thing i want to say. the stimulus bill, you know, you had a lot of republicans against it. no one will say now that general motors was saved. when you look at all the republicans that have bmw -- it's no surprise why they did not mind the american manufacturers to go under. my call is to mail in support you and the democratic part and also the people -- is to mainly supported you and the democratic party, and also the people. it's not going to go anywhere. thank you. guest: thank you. i appreciate what you said. i think the one large point you've made is that it is easy to be the monday morning quarterback, but the bottom line is that we had aecsion two years ago. with the recovery act and the tarp -- a lot of people do not like the fact that we saved the banks and gm. i think those things had to be

he uses the same terminology like gulag and things like that. i'm not going to repeat it. i consider the republican party and the tea party the american taliban and al-qaeda. keep doing what you're doing inside the repeal. -- and fight the repeal. you have a firm grasp. one quick thing i want to say. the stimulus bill, you know, you had a lot of republicans against it. no one will say now that general motors was saved. when you look at all the republicans that have bmw -- it's no surprise why they did not mind the american manufacturers to go under. my call is to mail in support you and the democratic party, and also the people -- is to mainly supported you and the democratic party, and also the people. it's not going to go anywhere. thank you. guest: thank you. i appreciate what you said. i think the one large point you've made is that it is easy to be the monday morning quarterback, but the bottom line is that we had a recession two years ago. with the recovery act and the tarp -- a lot of people do not like the fact that we saved the banks and gm. i think those things h