Assigning Numbers in Nazi Concentration Camps as a Factor of Dehumanization: As Remembered by Soviet Rrisoners by Boris G. Iakemenko

“…The author considers the semantic and semiotic meaning of assigning numbers to prisoners of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. These concentration camps were formally designed to exterminate the enemies of the state, but in fact, in addition, they defined the limits of the possibilities of turning a person into a part of the total state. …”
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Penitentiary institutions of town of Morshansk at the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries by N. A. Kozhukhov

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Internal Borders in M. Hemlin’s Novel “Extreme”

“…This article analyzes the synthetic function of the borders in the novel Marguerite Hamlin “Deadline” (2010) relating to the modification of the genre “novel concentration camp” and combining documentary and artistic beginning. …”
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Early Gulag Studies Between Ostracism And Forgetfulness

“…Fourthly, that set is related to ‘elsewhereness’ and ‘liminality’, viewing concentration camp experience as one both of ‘being-elsewhere’ and ‘liminal’, and the venture to create those camps as ‘liminal’. …”
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Formation of the underground movement in the Northern Crimea (1941–1943) by Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ivanov

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American Cinema, FBI and Propaganda: The Image of the Internal Enemy (1941–1942) by Yaroslav Levin

“…This article is devoted to the use of cinema to justify the initially extremely unpopular measure of the American government to intern the Japanese in concentration camps in the light of the entry of the United States into World War II.…”
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“Postantonovism” as a Special Stage in Development of Tambov Village (1921 — Mid-1920s) by V. P. Nikolashin, P. V. Erin, E. V. Gatilow

“…Several tens of thousands of Antonovites and their families, because of the death of relatives, because of their stay in concentration camps, because of conflict relations in their villages with their neighbors, felt the consequences of the uprising for a long time. …”
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Christian view on treating animals: theological criticism of P. Singer by Ekaterina Korostichenko

“…The negative attitude to religion has roots in Singer's early acquaintance with the Bible and the unhappy past of his family (two of the philosopher's grandparents died in concentration camps). The question of the meaninglessness of suffering largely determines the philosophy and practical ethics of P. …”
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