Gerard Jacobs

Gerard Jacobs (born 1953) is a Dutch writer and journalist. For many years he worked as a correspondent for De Volkskrant and for radio and TV in the Middle East, Africa, and other places. Between 1986 and 2005 he travelled as a reporter across Siberia and witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union. He has published five travelogue books.

Two of the books were made into documentaries.

The documentary Gold: Forgotten in Siberia (1994), based on the book Goudkoorts received a Special Mention at the 1995 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels.

The documentary Stalin had een brug beloofd (Stalin Promised a Bridge) won the Grand Prize (Golden Calf) at the 10th Netherlands Film Festival (1996) in the category "Best Short Documentary.

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