{"product_id":"with-god-in-russia-the-inspiring-classic-account-of-a-catholic-priests-twentythree-years-in-soviet-prisons-and-labor-camps-isbn-9780062641625","title":"With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“. . . a human and historical document of compelling interest.” — \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful and inspirational, \u003cem\u003eWith God in Russia\u003c\/em\u003e captures the heroic patience, endurance, and religious conviction of a man whose life embodied the Christian ideals that sustained him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile ministering in Eastern Europe during World War II, Polish-American priest Walter Ciszek, S.J., was arrested by the NKVD, the Russian secret police, shortly after the war ended. Accused of being an American spy and charged with \"agitation with intent to subvert,\" he was held in Moscow’s notorious Lubyanka prison for five years. The Catholic priest was then sentenced without trial to ten more years of hard labor and transported to Siberia, where he would become a prisoner within the forced labor camp system made famous in Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn’s Nobel Prize—winning book \u003cem\u003eThe Gulag Archipelago.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWith God in Russia\u003c\/em\u003e, Ciszek reflects on his daily life as a prisoner, the labor he endured while working in the mines and on construction gangs, his unwavering faith in God, and his firm devotion to his vows and vocation. Enduring brutal conditions, Ciszek risked his life to offer spiritual guidance to fellow prisoners who could easily have exposed him for their own gains. He chronicles these experiences with grace, humility, and candor, from his secret work leading mass and hearing confessions within the prison grounds, to his participation in a major gulag uprising, to his own \"resurrection\"—his eventual release in a prisoner exchange in October 1963 which astonished all who had feared he was dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“More than a superbly interesting adventure story, \u003cem\u003eWith God in Russia\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving document of a man’s faith in his God and his God’s goodness in allowing him to live through his ordeal.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A story about the relationship between God and a person who wanted to give himself totally to God’s service.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—from the afterword by James Martin, SJ, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic memoir by American-born Jesuit priest Walter Ciszek, who survived fifteen years of imprisonment in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Powerful and inspirational, \u003cem\u003eWith God in Russia\u003c\/em\u003e captures the heroic patience, endurance, and religious conviction of a man whose life embodied the Christian ideals that sustained him.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“His integrity and his religious faith light up his sturdy account of what he endured and his report on what he saw, an American prisoner’s view of the Soviet Union.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . a human and historical document of compelling interest.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . the great story of spirit and courage, written by the Catholic priest who literally disappeared after being taken prisoner in Russia.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatholic Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . at once an unusually penetrating picture of Siberian life and also an ennobling insight into a simple and unpretentious man who would never admit to being one of God’s heroes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sign\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . holds the reader in a grip of suspense that the late Ian Fleming would have envied.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Father Ciszek tells his story crisply, modestly, in a matter-of-fact style. There is no trace of self-pity in what he writes and, what is more amazing, none of anger or rancor over what he was forced to undergo. From these objective pages, however, there gradually emerges a picture of a man of invincible faith and heroic fortitude, who is sustained by a great love for God and his fellow man. His story is highly recommended as a worthwhile reading experience for one and all.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest Sellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . an incisive portrayal of the struggle for existence in a Russian prison camp. The very simplicity of presentation makes it unforgettable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouisville Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A truly inspiring story, to our age what Dostoevsky’s ‘House of the Dead’ was to his.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAve Maria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is really the story of a non-spy who stayed out in the cold. 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