SIBERIA

Stories from the Gulag

'De Goden hebben honger' was published in the Netherlands in 2003 by p

"Why Me' is the opening chapter of the book 'De Goden hebben honger ' which was published in the Netherlands in 2003 by publishing house Contact..

Gerard Jacobs has been travelling through Siberia since 1986. De Goden hebben Honger is a poetic but razorsharp eye-witness account of life in Siberia written during a period of over 15 years: oral history at its best.

Gerard Jacobs visited during his odyssey through Siberia remote places like Vorkuta, Kolpasjevo, Susuman and Kemerovo. The book penetrates deep into the history of Siberia and describes the transition from the Sovjet Gulag Archipelago into modern day Russia.

The discovery of a massgrave in the village of Kolpasjevo on the bank of the river Ob was filmed in 1994. The documentary won first prize at the filmfestival in the Netherlands and in Munich, Germany and a DVD is included in the book.