Azerbaijan International

Spring 2006 (14.1)


This prisoner holds a bread ration intended for his dead neighbor. Inmates were sometimes able to conceal for several days the fact someone in the barracks had died, thus increasing their own rations for a brief time.  This scene took place at the bathhouse. Inmates were forced to walk half - naked to and from the showers through the freezing cold, after which they would try to dry and warm themselves by huddling around the stove.

This prisoner holds a bread ration intended for his dead neighbor. Inmates were sometimes able to conceal for several days the fact someone in the barracks had died, thus increasing their own rations for a brief time.
This scene took place at the bathhouse. Inmates were forced to walk half - naked to and from the showers through the freezing cold, after which they would try to dry and warm themselves by huddling around the stove.

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