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During the 1930’s, at the height of the Great Depression, the Soviet Union advertised extensively in the United States for skilled factory workers to move to Russia to help build up their fledging “nation.†They offered double wages, free housing, free health care and free passage for the workers and their entire families. What a wonderful opportunity! Soon after they arrived the tragedy began, and ended in the enslavement and ultimately, the deaths of all but literally a handful. These Americans had their passports confiscated or were forced to sign documents renouncing their citizenship. After that point, they became Soviet property. In the very beginning, things went well. However, when some of these leftist Americans began expressing ideas that were contrary to Soviet doctrine, they began disappearing in the night, together with their wives and children. Those who were not executed were sent to Siberia, where most died in the first three weeks due to exposure combined with malnutrition and injuries suffered from torture. The only ones to survive (and they were incredibly few) were those who had particular skills that the Soviets valued. One survivor was a painter who was assigned to paint propaganda posters. He worked in a warm place with more to eat.Besides the horrible tragedy of the victims, the book relates the unforgivable crime of those who defended the Soviets and denied what they knew was happening to these forsaken Americans. The list included well-known names such as Henry Ford, writer George Bernard Shaw, singer and actor Paul Robeson, Pulitzer prize winner Walter Duranty, Ambassador Joe Davies, husband of Marjorie Merriwether Post, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Eisenhower. While this is not a pleasant book to read, it teaches an important lesson. Sometimes the truth is unpleasant to face, but it cannot be avoided by ignoring it.
http://www.tfp.org/tfp-home/tfp-recommends-books/remembering-the-forsaken.htmlThis looks really interesting. I'll have to track down a copy.
