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Heartrending Letters From Soviet-Era Siberian GULAGs
Banned from writing to loved ones, and only allowed letters from family members twice a year, prisoners in Soviet labor camps came up with many ways to squirrel out messages. With no pencils, papers or envelopes, they were forced to write on cigarette boxes, scratch out words on tree bark, or embroider messages with fish bone on tissues.
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Heartrending Letters From Soviet-Era Siberian GULAGs
Banned from writing to loved ones, and only allowed letters from family members twice a year, prisoners in Soviet labor camps came up with many ways to squirrel out messages. With no pencils, papers or envelopes, they were forced to write on cigarette boxes, scratch out words on tree bark, or embroider messages with fish bone on tissues.
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