4: Gulag
After his arrest, Daniel's grandfather is transported to a gulag in the Arctic Circle. where survival is virtually nil. Daniel Finkelstein continues his moving family memoir.
Daniel Finkelstein continues his heartrending memoir of his parents' experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during WWII, this week focusing on the story of his father's family at the hands of Stalin.
Daniel's father Ludwik was born in the Polish city of Lwow, now Lviv, the only child of a prosperous Jewish family. In 1939, after Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland, the family was rounded up by the communists. His grandfather Dolu was arrested and disappeared, while his 10-year-old father and grandmother were sent to Siberia, working as slave labourers on a collective farm. They somehow survived starvation and freezing winters, living in a house they built from cow dung, but always hoping to be reunited with Dolu.
Today: after his arrest, Daniel's grandfather is transported to a gulag on the edge of the Artic Circle. Survival, he knows, is virtually impossible...
Written and read by Daniel Finkelstein
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
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- Thu 19 Oct 2023 09:45主播大秀 Radio 4 FM
- Fri 20 Oct 2023 00:30主播大秀 Radio 4