Czechoslovaks in the Gulag
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 23, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00
In connection with the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917, which spelled the start of a social experiment that led to millions being enslaved and murdered, Czech Television has prepared a three-part documentary series, Czechoslovaks in the Gulag, in cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.
An accompanying publication contains portraits of the fates of 12 Czechoslovaks and their family members, friends and colleagues. Inconvenient to the regime or entirely innocent, frequently randomly selected people, they found themselves caught up in an insatiable juggernaut of the Soviet regime in the form of the Gulag system of connected labour camps. The text is supplemented by extensive period images and contemporary photographs of places where the Gulag once stood, which will be projected during the evening.
The book will be presented by the authorial trio of Adam Hradilek, Jan Dvořák and Jaroslav Formánek from the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.