Episodes

1. From experimentation to setting up the forced labour system (1918-1936)

Setup and creation of a labour system nationwide which turned into a horrific prison.

2. The Gulag in the turmoil of the “Great Terror” and war (1937-1945)

3. The Gulag’s peak and decline (1945-1953)

Overview

A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.

Details

Cast

Florence Pernel