Goli Otok Prisoner Says Camp Was Made for Brainwashing

Ljubljana, 11 July - Internees at the Goli otok political prisoner camp were subject to extreme physical and mental pressure aimed at breaking their will and at brainwashing them, two-time camp prisoner Andrej Aplenc has told STA in an interview on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist-era prison.

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Two-time camp prisoner at the Goli otok political concentration camp Andrej Aplenc speaking for STA on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to the communist prison camp.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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