Artefacts Acquired

Chess set made in the Gulag by a prisoner in north-east Siberia. On the box are the words, "Play well and dream of freedom, Magadan, 1945." Magadan was the port through which prisoners arrived to work in the remote Kolyma region.

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. The victims were usually hit, sometimes multiple times. Some were tortured even to the point of death.

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. Despite such drawbacks, the waiting list was 10 years or longer.

The Museum welcomes donations of artefacts including original letters sent from Gulag or re-education camps; objects made in such camps; drawings and other items. Please email: contact@museumofcommunistterror.com.

Podcasts

"What millenials should know about Communism" Talk by James Bartholomew at the Sydney Institute in October 2018.

Infographics The infographics can be downloaded and shared. Hover the cursor over any infographic and icons will appear. The infographics are freely available for individual, school or university use. Copyright is reserved for commercial use.



MORE INFOGRAPHICS

“Importing Class War - the unknown story of the Soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939" Talk by Roger Moorhouse, author of First To Fight, London, November 2019.

About