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Yes, this needs to be said. I've read stories about Siberian Gulags and they are really not something to joke about.

My grandfather. 1936.

Uggg sorry if I offended anyone.

People are being overly sensitive. Don't worry about it.

I don't think he was offended, just pointed out that it happened.

That said I found the original joke quite un-amusing and I think it didn't add much

Technically, my grandmother went to a camp that was west of proper Siberia. (Something about being family of a war hero in what they called the Polish-Bolshevik war.)