The first film in the series ‘Secrets of the Archives’ is about the repression of members of the OUN–UPA and the population of Western Ukraine in the 1939–1950s.

The following speak on the subject: Y. R. Dashkevich and M. I. Semiriaga, Doctors of Historical Sciences; I. G. Bilas, Doctor of Law; V. S. Kuk, Candidate of Historical Sciences; and M. P. Kudelia and O. M. Dychkovskyi, former prisoners of Soviet concentration camps.

The film shows the prison in Lutsk and pro-Ukrainian rallies in Kyiv. It features views of the villages of Strilsk in the Sarny District of the Rivne Region and Holyn in the Kalush District of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region. Archival film and photographic material have been used.