“I TELL my own story because I believe that only in this way can I discharge the moral obligation which a kindly Fate imposed upon me in helping me to escape from the Soviet Terror-the duty to speak for those whose voices cannot be heard. In silence they are sent away as convicts to the concentration camps; in silence they suffer torture and go to meet their death from Soviet bullets. Nothing is invented in this book and I stand back of every statement I have made. In a few instances to protect others-I have been compelled to conceal the identity of certain people, but I have indicated that fact in each specific case. All those whom I describe are real persons and everything is true to the minutest detail.”
This is a narrative of what befell a Russian scientist under the Soviet regime. More than that, it is the story of many, if not most, people of education in the U.S.S.R. today.
Download I Speak For The Silent-Prisoner Of The Soviets-Vladmir V Tchernavin-1935