The Frenchwoman // "Captives" Spin-off
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Before the war and the Iron Curtain, foreigners emigrated en masse to the USSR. Some were offered jobs, some were disillusioned with capitalism, and others simply wanted to start a new life in a new country. Frenchwoman Andrée Centorens was one of the latter.
In Paris, she married a Soviet diplomat, gave birth to a son, and was absolutely happy. Andrée moved to Moscow in 1930—and quickly realized she had romanticized the Soviet Union. It wasn't just the hunger and endless lines. Andrée was arrested and spent 17 years in camps and exile. She narrowly escaped death many times. She witnessed and endured an incredible amount of violence. But she managed to remain herself.
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00:00 Slaves: Andrée Sentorens
03:50 How a Frenchwoman ended up in the USSR
08:19 On an Equal Footing: Foreigners and the Soviet Family Code
10:58 The Collapse of the Soviet Dream: Divorce, Separation from Her Son, and a Second Marriage
14:16 Arrests and the Status of a Traitor's Family Member
16:53 Temnikov Camp and Facility No. 178
21:17 Yagrinlag: Working in a Camp Infant Home
24:25 Conditional Freedom: Pregnancy and a Trip to Moscow
28:20 Meeting Her Son, Attempts to Leave, and the Vyatka Corrective Labor Camp
31:33 Liberation and Return to France
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