‘Carpati’ 7.65mm calibre pistol as used by the Romanian secret police
The 7.65mm calibre Md.74 ‘Carpati’ pistol was standard issue for the Securitate, the Romanian secret police.
Original sign from Magadan Gulag camp
An original sign from the prison area in the port of Magadan, north east Siberia. Prisoners sent to the Kolyma Gulag camps mostly arrived through here.
Soviet Union poster of a collectivised farm
The poster shows a large man in red who symbolises the Communist Party government. Literal translation: “Take out the fertiliser without delay.”
Chinese poster of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao
Chinese poster of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao. The text has been translated as “Long live invincible Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought”.
Identity card of a Gulag staff member
Identity card of a Gulag staff member: Front cover: “USSR Proletariats of the World Unite Gulag”.
Chinese poster during the cult of Chairman Mao Zedong
Chinese poster during the cult of Chairman Mao Zedong. It has been translated as: “He who opposes Chairman Mao will have his dog head smashed”.
Trabant
A Trabant, the East German car made from 1957 to 1990. It had a two-stroke engine and no fuel gauge. It took 21 seconds to reach 62mph.
Figurine of a Red Guard
Figurine of a Red Guard with his foot on the back of a man in a “denunciation meeting”. Bourgeois families, former supporters of the Kuomintang and regime critics were subjected to such sessions.
Enjoy holiday camps… Soviet-style
French propaganda poster produced by Paix et Liberté (Peace and Liberty), a French anti-communist organisation headed by Jean-Paul David.
