A man testifies before the US Senate about Soviet Gulag camps, including an atomic reactor, on an Arctic island. No one can prove him wrong.

The Man Who Mapped Hell From The Inside

This episode recounts the extraordinary journey of Avraham Shifrin, from his youth as a "Son of an Enemy of the People" to his testimony before the United States Senate. It explores the personal cost of exposing the Soviet Union's hidden geography of captivity.

Person: Avraham Shifrin
Date: 1973
Location: United States Senate
Topic: Soviet Gulag system
Charge: Espionage

- Avraham Shifrin's father was arrested in 1937, leading to Avraham being classified as a "Son of an Enemy of the People."
- During World War Two, Shifrin was assigned to a penal battalion and fought in the assault on Königsberg, earning a medal.
- After the war, Shifrin became a lawyer for the Soviet Ministry of Defense while secretly active in the Zionist movement.
- In 1953, he was arrested on false espionage charges and sentenced to 25 years in the Gulag, serving ten.
- After emigrating to Israel, Shifrin founded a research center and began mapping Soviet prisons and forced labor camps based on survivor testimonies.

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