Naftaly Frenkel

Naftaly Frenkel

Naftaly Aronovich Frenkel Russian: Нафталий Аронович Френкель; (1883 Haifa – 1960 Moscow) was a Russian businessman and member of the Soviet secret police. Frenkel is best known for his role in the organisation of work in the Gulag, starting from the forced labor camp of the Solovetsky Islands, which is recognised as one of the earliest sites of the Gulag.


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