In the memoir "Journey into the Whirling" by Eugenia Ginzburg explained and evaluates his life and the why she and others in her position were arrested for conspiracy against the government. In this memoir Ginzburg talks about her being imprisoned for eighteen years during the great purge. Lenin believed there were enemies in the government, and he would call them "Enemies of the People." He believed that the enemies should be arrested, as these people would have negative impact on the country and the government.