David Rousset

David Rousset (1912–1997) was a French writer and political activist, renowned for his accounts of surviving Nazi concentration camps including Buchenwald and Neuengamme, with his seminal work L'Univers concentrationnaire (The Concentration Universe) earning the prestigious Prix Renaudot in 1946. Memorial. He was the first to introduce the term "Gulag" to French audiences and founded the International Commission Against Concentrationist Regimes to expose Soviet labor camps, winning a landmark libel case against communist critics in 1951. His other notable works include Les Jours de notre mort and writings critiquing totalitarianism.Spartacus Educational.