Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 15 · Episode 10

Stalin's Foreign Slaves

S15E10·October 1, 1996·50m·BBC Two

For half a century the Soviet Union's labour camps made virtual slaves of millions of Russians. Tens of thousands of foreigners were also caught up in this nightmare world. Using newly-released film from the Soviet archives and testimonies of former prisoners, Timewatch traces the history of these slave-labour camps.

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