Cannibal Island: In 1933, Nearly 5,000 Died In One Of Stalin's Most Horrific Labor Camps The Nazinsky tragedy was the product of pitiless Soviet efficiency. One was asked if he ate "human meat." "No, that is not true," he answered. "I only ate livers &https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html …
hearts." Asked for details, he said: "It was very simple. Just like shashlik. We made skewers from willow branches, cut it into pieces, stuck it on the skewers, and roasted it over the campfire." Others described women who were tied to trees while men cut off their breasts,
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calves, and other body parts. Secret police head Genrikh Yagoda & Matvei Berman, head of the GULAG system, dreamed up a brutal social-engineering project aimed at "resettling" at least 2 million people in the remote reaches of Siberia & Soviet Kazakhstan.https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html …
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The idea was that the "settlers" would bring millions of hectares of land into cultivation and develop self-sufficient communities within two years. In part, the plan was aimed at covering up the ongoing famine in Ukraine and other parts of the country.
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To generate "settlers," the government reinstated the hated system of domestic passports that had been banned after the 1917 Bolshevik coup.https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html …
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