Victims of Soviet Terror: The Story of the Memorial Movement

'œMemorial, an organization with chapters spanning the former Soviet republics, seeks to honor the victims of Stalinism, aid remaining survivors, and preserve the record of Stalinist suffering and dissidence through research centers and programs. A Memorial monument now stands before the former KGB headquarters in Moscow. Adler, a member of the Geneva Institute on Psychiatry and Amsterdam's Second World Center, describes the rise of Memorial from a handful of citizens taking donations in 1987 to a semiofficially sanctioned organization in 1990. She reviews pertinent Soviet history and examines current aims of the organization. Through the group's documents, news articles, and interviews, the book reveals the role and influence of Memorial, particularly in political activities. This...study is clearly written and offers scholars of Stalinism a solid briefing of this movement.'' Library JournalNanci D Adler is the author of 'Victims of Soviet Terror: The Story of the Memorial Movement', published 1993 under ISBN 9780275945022 and ISBN 0275945022.