Vera Jarilina, a Russian dissident and former curator for the Gulag Museum in Moscow, has found refuge and employment at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial site in Germany. Her life was irrevocably altered by the war, dividing it into "before" and "after." Jarilina's work at the memorial site, where she can view the former crematorium from her office window, represents a significant shift from her previous role in Russia. This move signifies a personal rescue and a continuation of her engagement with historical memory, albeit in a vastly different and more perilous context.