Zum Artikel „Island Hell “ von Ron Vossler schreibt Manuela Reis: „Es ist unfassbar schrecklich, was man den Menschen in den Straflagern alles angetan hat.“
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http://www.voicesfromthegulag.com/personal-narratives/
Im Fenster zu „Personal Narratives and Studies“ findet sich ein Auszug zu den grausamen Ereignissen von 1919 in den Schwarzmeer-Kolonien.
„In Katharinental ninety persons were murdered by the Bolsheviks, sixty-two houses were burned … In Speyer the inhabitants tried to defend themselves with pitchforks and spades. Here also, many died and the homes of the rich went up in flames. It was the same in the community of Rastadt. The Bolsheviks raped women and girls. Over fifty women and men were shot in the streets and while at work in the fields. Also, seventy-eight houses were destroyed by fire. The Bolsheviks took everything, not even leaving a fork or a spoon.”
„Sehr interessant für alle, die sich das Buch „Voices from the Gulag: The Oppression of the German Minority in the Soviet Union“, Autor Ulrich Merten, kaufen möchten und sich darüber vorab informieren wollen.“