Starky
- 2012
- 18m
John Gigacz was arrested in 1948 for trying to leave communist Czechoslovakia. Like many other so-called political prisoners, he was given no trial and was incarcerated in a forced labour ca... Read allJohn Gigacz was arrested in 1948 for trying to leave communist Czechoslovakia. Like many other so-called political prisoners, he was given no trial and was incarcerated in a forced labour camp. After months of hard manual work and daily communist indoctrination, he escaped and ev... Read allJohn Gigacz was arrested in 1948 for trying to leave communist Czechoslovakia. Like many other so-called political prisoners, he was given no trial and was incarcerated in a forced labour camp. After months of hard manual work and daily communist indoctrination, he escaped and eventually emigrated to Australia. This is his story.