Gulag, the Story

8.2

2020

1 Season

Ended

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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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.

Creator

Patrick Rotman

Network

ARTE

Episodes

Episode Runtime

53 min

Seasons & Episodes

E10.053m

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.

Feb 11, 2020

E20.053m

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

Feb 11, 2020

E30.053m

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

Feb 11, 2020

Cast

Florence Pernel

Narrator (voice)

Gulag, the Story