T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library (Essex)

The torture camp on Paradise Street, Stanislav Aseyev ; translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray

eng

autobiography

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The torture camp on Paradise Street

1346153779

Stanislav Aseyev ; translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray

Harvard library of Ukrainian literature, 5

In the memoir The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experience as a prisoner for nearly three years at a modern-day concentration camp overseen by the Federal Security Bureau of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk"Numerous cases of illegal detainment and extreme mistreatment have been reported in the Ukrainian towns and villages occupied by Russian forces during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. These and other war crimes committed by Russian troops speak to the genocidal nature of Russia's war on Ukraine and reveal the horrors that it has wreaked upon Ukrainians forced to live in Russian-occupied zones. It is important to remember, however, that the torture and killing of Ukrainians by Russian security and military forces began long before 2022. In 'The Torture Camp on Paradise Street,' Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his own experience as a prisoner from 2015 to 2017 in a modern-day concentration camp overseen by the Federal Security Bureau of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk. This memoir recounts an endless ordeal of psychological and physical abuse, including torture and rape, inflicted upon Aseyev and his fellow inmates over the course of nearly three years of illegal incarceration spent largely in the prison called Izoliatsiia (Isolation). Rendered deftly into English, this compelling account offers a critical insight into the operations of Russian forces in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Notably, Aseyev also reflects on how a human can survive such atrocities and reenter the world to share his story"--, Provided by publisher