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Victor Herman

American prisoner in Siberia (1915-1985) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 69

Victor Herman was a Jewish-American who spent 18 years as a Soviet prisoner in the Gulags of Siberia. At 16 years of age, his family went to work in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s but met tragic fates during the Stalin purges.

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1985 · aged 69