Belomorkanal Construction Work

Description

Black and white photograph of a large group of prisoners using iron rods, chisels, and sledge hammers to break boulders in the construction basin at the Belomorkanal labor camp during spring 1932. The 141-mile canal was built almost exclusively with manual labor and tools like those in this photograph.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1932-00-00 00:00:00 | no temporal coverage

Source

International Memorial Society, Moscow

Bibliographic Citation

"Belbaltlag. Construction works. Spring 1932."

Collection

Memorial Moscow