Detention, Arrest, Imprisonment, and Death
On February 20, 1939, Soviet NKVD arrested Oggins at the Hotel Moskva and took him to the Lubyanka. His case received a hearing on January 5, 1940. Ten days later, he received a sentence of eight years.
Next day, Oggins shipped out to Norillag where fellow inmates included Jacques Rossi. He became known there as "The Professor." Nerma Berman Oggins requested the U.S. Department of State to investigate her husband's disappearance. On December 8, 1942, Oggins received visits from American diplomats at the Butyrka prison in Moscow. By May, 1943, the Soviets reneged on his release.
In the summer of 1947, overdue from release, Oggins was taken to Laboratory Number One (the "Kamera"), where Grigory Mairanovsky injected him with the poison curare, which takes 10–15 minutes to kill.
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