Even as the Allied powers condemn the German crimes against humanity, their recent victories are in part thanks to the massive system of forced labour built by Joseph Stalins Soviet Union. Over one million prisoners work in the Gulag to power the Soviet war economy.

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
View of Norilsk, 19401943 drawn by V. S. Nepokoichitsky https://nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id38153
Photo of the Polish Deportees Cut Timber in a Siberian Labour Camp 1940 https://www.mylearning.org/resources/group-of-polish-deportees-cut-timber-in-a-siberian-labour-camp-1940

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Break Free - Fabien Tell
Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
Deviation In Time - Johannes Bornlof
Document This 1 - Peter Sandberg
Guilty Shadows 4 - Andreas Jamsheree
Ominous - Philip Ayers
Potential Redemption - Max Anson
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell

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