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Сообщение от Hermie

Ludwig Yanovich Seya, cat. sitting under Section 58, like many others, in a past life he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and helped BS to forward its work on the will.

Yes, there is a story about it.
For example:

Ludwig Yanovich Seya was over sixty. Once he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, and before the war was the Latvian ambassador in London. When the Germans occupied Latvia, he made his way to his homeland to take the family, but she has already managed to emigrate to the United States. Throughout the war he spent in a German prison, and after the war is automatically moved to the Soviet, was accused of espionage and sentenced to five years in the camps. Somewhere in 1949, his term ended, but he voluntarily remained in the camp, because, like many then, well understood: in his will almost inevitably awaits a new arrest. LY Seya worked at the factory warehouse and lived among the prisoners. One of the few of its advantages was the right to leave the camp area. Man wider European culture, he obviously understood: what makes Sveshnikov, represents a unique artistic and historical interest. Going for the zone, he took the artist a new batch of drawings and paintings and, using the occasion arises, they sent them to Moscow. Special obstacles to overcome here is not accounted for: the authorities were interested in little things - the case was unprecedented and does not provide instructions.
So - contrary to the logic of the police, contrary to the spirit of the era and the conviction of the artist himself in a hopeless situation - they captured it on paper dreams reality broke free and collected together for the first time presented to the public in this album.

Fragments from the preface Igor Golomshtok.
Boris Sveshnikov. CAMP PICTURES
Moscow, Community Memorial, Publisher "links", 2000