Multimedia Collection
Kolyma
VHS
45 minutes
1992
PN1995.9 .D6 K61 1996
This film documents the atrocities of "KOLYMA", a Russian prison camp that was in existence for 40
years. "KOLYMA" is a winner of both the Berlin and the Amsterdam documentary film festivals.
In Communist Russia, power was obtained and maintained through fear and violence. Many Russians,
who were considered enemies of the Communist government, were sent to concentration camps in
Siberia to mine for gold and other valuable minerals. Through starvation, disease, random executions,
subfreezing temperatures, over two million Russian citizens lost their lives in Siberian concentration camps.
"Kolyma" was the worst of these camps. This award winning documentary is based on eye witness
testimony, archive records, surviving documentary footage, and our own filming of the remains of the
"Kolyma concentration camp.
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