LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

by Leonard Butman, Ilia Butman

Overview

Life Without Parole is a book about the prison-like life in the Soviet Union, a life sentence with no freedom of speech or assembly, and without practically any rights, i.e. slavery without a possibility to escape.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162394334
Publisher:	Lovelord
Publication date:	03/13/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Leonard was born in the middle of WWII. His family was living in the city of Leningrad which was blockaded by Germans for 900 days, and where about 1 million people died from starvation. It was no food, but a miracle had happened and the family survived. They even managed to escape from the city by the ice road of
the Ladoga lake. It was no easy way. The caravan of trucks went at night, no lights were allowed.
Germain bombs were falling left and right. Suddenly one bomb fell right on the truck ahead of their vehicle. The driver managed to make sharp turn and swerve around a huge fresh ice hole where unfortunate truck drowned with all persons aboard.

After the war Leonard with the family returned to the city of Leningrad (now St-Petersburg).
Their room was occupied by other family, since building manager considered that they all died from starvation. The family received a temporary place in the dormitory of the textile factory. That “temporary “living lasted for 5 years, until in 1950 the government gave them a small, but separate room in the communal apartment, where 8 families shared a kitchen and a small bathroom.The victory over Germans did not bring a freedom to the Soviet people. To the contrary the political oppression reached new high. The typical Soviet family lost at least 2 persons – one was killed in the war and another became a prisoner
in the immense GULAG prison.
One of the first victims of Stalinist repression became disabled war veterans. The fearless war heroes were outspoken critics of the regime. They cruised around the cities with on the speedy homemade platforms (reminded modern skateboards) and loudly criticize government for their meager pension and bad conditions of living. Stalin responded by unprecedented genocide against them. About 2 millions of disabled war heroes were exiled and
perished in inhuman condition. Leonard described this Stalin’s genocide in his book “Life without parole -truth about Socialism”.