Political persecutions in the USSR Coming to the rescue of Victor Serge!

Panaït Istrati, very ill, sent in the last months of his life, on April 29, 1933, to the editor-in-chief of Les Nouvelles littéraires, Frédéric Lefèvre, a vibrant appeal to obtain the release of his friend Victor Serge. This committed political text, which relays a call from Boris Souvarine, was part of a major campaign that will lead to the release of the writer. Unpublished, it is a rare historical document that offers revealing insight into the grim reality of the USSR at the time.