gulag
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She was detained in the Soviet gulag system, then later held in the Nazi concentration camp system.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026
As dark as the novel becomes, “the real darkness of the gulag there was so bleak that I had to cut it out,” the author has said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
They included 2003's I Am David, about a boy who escapes a gulag in Bulgaria, and the comedy Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin, from the same year.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
As his life was contracting and he was existing in this gulag in these very hellish conditions, my life was expanding and all these wonderful things were happening.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Gulo-mental: includes the region covered by the gulag and mentum.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.