The Man in the Grip of the Soviet System: On Julius Margolin’s Work Journey to the Land of the Ze-Ka Cover Image

Człowiek w objęciach systemu. O Podróży do krainy zeków Julija Margolina
The Man in the Grip of the Soviet System: On Julius Margolin’s Work Journey to the Land of the Ze-Ka

Author(s): Agnieszka Lenart
Subject(s): Political history, Belarussian Literature, Other Language Literature, History of Communism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Julius Margolin; Journey to the Land of the Ze-Ka; Soviet camps; totalitarian system;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on Julius Margolin’s life and memoirs. Margolin was born in Pinsk, survived the Sovietization of Poland, and then spent five years in Soviet gulags. He witnessed the cruel history and functioning of the Soviet regime. The analysis is made on the basis of Margolin’s work Journey to the Land of the Ze-Ka, in which he wanted to show to the world the truth about the Soviet totalitarian system. In that way he intended to fight for freedom of millions of people and for human rights.

  • Issue Year: 22/2019
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 267-284
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish