This is a continuation of my reading of Victor Herman’s book, Coming Out Of The Ice, An Unexpected Life, out of print for some time. Just a reminder of why I am doing this. I consider this book to be extremely important, because it is a glimpse into what we can expect if we do not resist the oncoming tyranny. Victor Herman, in discussing his experiences in the Soviet gulag emphasized: “Don’t think it can’t happen here.” And, it is now happening here.
The series begins here.
This is the first chapter of Part 4 - Under The Ice. Here Victor describes his transition from incarceration to exile.
In Krasnoyarsk Victor meets a man who was also exiled to Siberia.
For those who think that they will be okay because they don’t speak out and have done nothing wrong:
He said he was also an exile - because he was married to a Frenchwoman and because her father had once operated a jewelry store in Leningrad.
The reading is here. As always, I hope you appreciate Victor’s words.