Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern Summary and Analysis

In Part I, Chapter 26, on the way back from the washrooms, Ginzburg is taken away by a wardress to another room. It is Ginzburg's new cell, and there are books on her bed. The books are all in foreign languages, and Ginzburg discovers her new cellmates are mostly foreign. She says hello to everyone and answers as many questions as she can, and then she befriends two Germans, Greta and Klara. Greta has been accused of espionage. Klara, who has fled Nazi torture, has ended up in the hands of Communists who have brutally tortured her, deforming her hands and fingers.

Ginzburg also meets Julia Annenkova, a German newspaper editor from Moscow. Julia reveals that treason has spread across the Party. When Ginzburg asks if it is...