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“[Albert]Camus had denounced the gulag and Stalin's trials. Today we can see that he was right. To say that there were concentration camps in the USSR at the time was blasphemous, something very serious indeed. Today we think about the USSR with the camps also in mind, but before it just wasn't allowed. Nobody was allowed to think that or say that if you were left-wing.”

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Catherine Camus

Catherine Camus, born on September 5, 1945, is an enigmatic writer whose true identity and life story remain unknown. Although her achievements and contributions are not well-documented, her works have gained recognition in the literary world. more

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