Love in the Gulag
A story of romance in the Gulag between a man and a woman who never met. James Fox voiced the words of an emotional letter written by Vladmir in the Gulag.
What was it like to be caught up in the Cultural Revolution? Amy Li ‘s experience of the Red Guards
Amy Li was a schoolgirl when Chairman Mao began the Cultural Revolution in 1966. Some of her classmates were Red Guards.
One of the last remaining survivors of the Gulag
Ivanna, from Ukraine, was sent across Russia to the north east corner of Siberia: Kolyma. Now in her 90’s, this is her testimony about life in the Gulag.
Three escape attempts from Communist Hungary
Joseph made three attempts to escape Communist Hungary in 1969. Why did Joseph Forgas decide to escape from Communist Hungary? How did he try to get out?
What was life like under Communism? The story of a Hungarian
Why did Joseph Forgas decide to escape from Communist Hungary? What made him finally decide to go? He describes his three attempts to escape via Yugoslavia.
Imprisoned and beaten at nine years old
Jaden Lam Phan, aged 9, was put in a cell and beaten for not informing on his father who, like a million others, was trying to escape Communist Vietnam.
The man who could not believe Marks & Spencer was open to the public
Through unique circumstances, an ordinary man who had been sent from Ukraine to Siberia was invited to London during the Soviet era.
Inside the Stasi prison in East Berlin
Vera Lengsfeld returns to the Stasi prison where she was held and tells how you could be imprisoned just for thinking of doing something that the state did not allow.
Was there resistance to the Communist regime in Romania?
Ioanna Voicu-Arnautoiu was born in a forest where her parents were resisting the Communist take-over of Romania. Eventually her parents were captured.
Witold Pilecki – a man who risked his life resisting both the Nazis and the Communists
Witold Pilecki is the extraordinary man who volunteered to go into Auschwitz concentration camp. Pilecki was asked to report what was happening there.
