Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution;" "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism;" "Caviar and Ashes."
Reposted by Marci Shore
...(they did the same to the father) - the men doing the torturing yelled at the father, “Look at your whelp, he peed himself!”
This inmate later told me that neither the torture itself nor the threat to his life had caused him as much pain as he felt in that moment...
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This inmate later told me that neither the torture itself nor the threat to his life had caused him as much pain as he felt in that moment...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
...(they did the same to the father) - the men doing the torturing yelled at the father, “Look at your whelp, he peed himself!”
This inmate later told me that neither the torture itself nor the threat to his life had caused him as much pain as he felt in that moment...
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This inmate later told me that neither the torture itself nor the threat to his life had caused him as much pain as he felt in that moment...
3/6
Reposted by Marci Shore
had been tortured together with his own son, on the same table. Torture is a complex system of measures and isn’t limited to causing physical pain. When the man’s son lost control of his bladder - reflexively, because of the muscle spasms induced by the electricity shocking his genitals and anus
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October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
had been tortured together with his own son, on the same table. Torture is a complex system of measures and isn’t limited to causing physical pain. When the man’s son lost control of his bladder - reflexively, because of the muscle spasms induced by the electricity shocking his genitals and anus
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