A Qualitative Content Analysis of Interview Transcripts with Gulag Survivors
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Berns, Madeline Paige
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Crooks, Courtney
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This thesis investigated the experiences of Gulag survivors through qualitative content analysis of 22 interviews collected from the HPSSS website. The analysis produced 51 emergent categories that were grouped into six overarching categories. The results revealed that camp conditions and camp society were the most frequently discussed themes, with hard labor in emaciated conditions, witnessing death, and experiencing medical issues due to unhygienic living conditions and/or insufficient medical care being the most frequent emergent categories. The study also highlighted the psychological effects of enabling forced labor and the lack of representation of female Gulag survivors. The study's limitations include a small sample size and lack of female representation. Future research could investigate the experiences of female Gulag survivors and expand the sample size. Overall, this study contributes to our understanding of the Gulag system's impact on Soviet society and emphasizes the importance of exploring the experiences of Gulag survivors to prevent such atrocities from happening in the future.
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