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Naftaly Frenkel (re-record)
Criminal Records Podcast
English - February 23, 2023 13:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHistory Education criminals crime history truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One Soviet convict impressed his own jailors so much that he ended up completely transforming the Soviet Union's gulag system. But how much of what we know about the life of Naftaly Frenkel is real, and how much is a right-wing attempt to link the Communist party to a conspiracy theory about greedy Jews?
Content note: Discussion of mistreatment of prisoners and antisemitism.