„Chronicles of Terror”. Base of testimonies of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor

Main Page Indexes Location Arkhangelsk Oblast \(Russia\)

Witness (date and place of birth)
- Tarkowski Bronisław; 1917.12.13 (2)
  
  Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Adamowicz Alfons; 15.12.1906, Białystok (1)
  
  Adamski Alojzy, 1908.06.30 (1)
  
  Ambroziak Jan (1)
  
  Andruszkiewicz Józef; 1893? (1)
  
  Apelbaum Leib; 1921? (1)
  
  Arciszewski Jan, 1907, Pińsk (1)
  
  Atras Franciszek, 1900.10.08 (1)
  
  Badach Julian; 05.10.1918_Sulmice (1)
  
  Badach Julian; 1910 (1)
  
  Badurak Bronislaw, 1905 (1)
  
  Badurak Bronisław; 1905 (1)
  
  Bakuła Antoni; 1899 (1)
  
  Bakuła Antoni; 1900 (1)
  
  Balawajder Franciszek (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1909 (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1910 (1)
  
  Banasiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Banaś Stanisław; 1899 (1)
  
  Banaś Stanisław; 1899?, Brynica (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Baranowski Maksymilian (1)
  
  Barczak Franciszek; 03.04.1913, Świeca (1)
  
  Bardas Piotr; 1916, Görlitz (Germany) (1)
  
  Baroni Jan; 1985 (1)
  
  Batory Nadzieja; 1923?, Płaszówka (now: Ukraine, Rivne Oblast) (1)
  
  Batura Józef; 1916 (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Czesław (1)
  
  Bednarski Bronisław (1)
  
  Bendowski Stefan; 1906 (1)
  
  Bereziuk Marian, 1922 (1)
  
  Bernatowicz Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Bełch Franciszek (1)
  
  Bełzki Jan; 1896, Potok Górny (1)
  
  Białous Edward; 03.04.1914, Kantorówka (1)
  
  Bielecki Lucjan, 1906 (1)
  
  Bielska Emilia; 1911? (1)
  
  Bielski Emil, 1898 (1)
  
  Biliński Ludwik; 1919? (1)
  
  Binduga Władysław; 1915 (1)
  
  Biskup Marcin; 1909 (1)
  
  Biskup Piotr, 1900 (1)
  
  Biłyk Stefan (1)
  
  Boguski Aleksander, 1900 (1)
  
  Bogusz Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Bojarski Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (dziś: Ukraina) (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasińska Helena; 05.05.1898, Goszczyno (Płocki county) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borkowski Stefan (1)
  
  Brzeziński Roman; 16.07.1916 (1)
  
  Bubniewicz Wladyslaw; 1898? (1)
  
  Bubrzycki Antoni (1)
  
  Budzyń Leokadia; 03.03.1924, Hallerowo (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bujnicz Andrzej (1)
  
  Burdanowicz Leon; 1919 (1)
  
  Burjan Antoni (1)
  
  Busk Kazimierz; 09.01.1915, Kielce (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Byra Paweł, 1898 ? (1)
  
  Bławat Franciszek (1)
  
  Błażek Władysław; 1897? (1)
  
  Błażewicz Romuald (1)
  
  Celiński Czesław; 15.11.1900 (1)
  
  Chamot Bolesław (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Charytonowicz Kazimierz; 1921? (1)
  
  Chełchowski Jan (1)
  
  Chmielewski Daniel; 1897 (1)
  
  Chmielewski Szczepan; 1899 (1)
  
  Chodorowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Chojnacki Bolesław, 1897 (1)
  
  Chomicz Mikołaj, 1913 (1)
  
  Chowra Bolesław; 1904.10.24 (1)
  
  Chuzal Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Chydzik Wilhelmina (1)
  
  Chęciński Paweł; 1897 (1)
  
  Chłus Szymon (1)
  
  Ciesielski Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Cieślik Bolesław; 1917 (1)
  
  Cudziło Władysław; 23.03.1909, Wodzianów (1)
  
  Cygielman Szylem (1)
  
  Cytrynik Dawid (1)
  
  Czabućko Michał; 03.08.1898, Kruciłowicze (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Czachór Antoni; 1897? (1)
  
  Czaplicki Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Czartowski Czesław, 1898 (1)
  
  Czerniak Zygmunt, 1906 (1)
  
  Czerniawski Michał; 1922? (1)
  
  Daglis Stanisław; 1901 (1)
  
  Dalidowicz Paweł; 1913? (1)
  
  Danielecki Stefan; 08.06.1908 (1)
  
  Darasz Jan; 1901? (1)
  
  Daszkiewicz Cyryl; 1899 (1)
  
  Dawczyński Jan; 1901.12.24 (1)
  
  Dawidowicz Włodzimierz (1)
  
  Dawidowski Franciszek (1)
Subject
- In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (140)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (95)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (75)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (60)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (40)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (27)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (16)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (7)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (4)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (1)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (1)
  
  the Gulag Archipelago – the Republic of Karelia (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (172)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (76)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (73)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (72)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (63)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (61)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (56)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (48)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (48)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (41)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (34)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (33)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (33)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (32)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (31)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (30)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (29)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (28)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (27)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (24)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (24)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (22)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (21)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (20)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (18)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (18)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (18)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (17)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (16)
  
  Yertsevo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (16)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (15)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (15)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (15)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (14)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (14)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (14)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (13)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (13)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (13)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (12)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (12)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (12)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (12)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (12)
  
  Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (12)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (11)
  
  Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (11)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (11)
  
  Tehran (Iran) (11)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (10)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (10)
  
  Naryan-Mar (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (10)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (10)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (10)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (10)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 (9)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (9)
  
  Sevdvinlag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (9)
  
  Soroklag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (9)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) (9)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (9)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 (9)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (8)
  
  Białystok (8)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 (8)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (8)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (8)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (7)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (7)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (7)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (7)
  
  Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (7)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (7)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (7)
  
  Maloshuyka (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (7)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (7)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (7)
  
  Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (7)
  
  Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (7)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (6)
  
  Kharitonovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (6)
  
  Leningrad (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (6)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (6)
  
  Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (6)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (6)
  
  Churga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (5)
Victims
- The Poles (481)
  
  Civilians (373)
  
  The Civilian Population (356)
  
  Deportees (183)
  
  Women (176)
  
  The Inteligentsia (154)
  
  Children (141)
  
  The sick (125)
  
  Ukrainians (122)
  
  The Sick (121)
  
  The Jews (117)
  
  Russians/Soviets (106)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (104)
  
  Prisoners of War (101)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (100)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (98)
  
  The Russians (90)
  
  Policemen (80)
  
  Belarusians (77)
  
  Internees (68)
  
  The Elderly (54)
  
  The elderly (53)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (52)
  
  Border Guard (39)
  
  Border Protection Corps (30)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (25)
  
  The Church (18)
  
  Lithuanians (15)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (15)
  
  Landowners (14)
  
  Germans (13)
  
  Latvians (7)
  
  Estonians (6)
  
  Prison Guard (3)
  
  Finns (2)
  
  Czechs (1)
  
  Romanians (1)
  
  The elderly (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (141)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (63)
  
  Red Army (60)
  
  Denunciation (51)
  
  Soviet Militia (49)
  
  Lithuanians (36)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (36)
  
  Collaboration (30)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (4)
  
  Collaborators (3)
  
  Latvians (3)
  
  Administrative Police (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (459)
  
  Biological extermination (436)
  
  Arrest (329)
  
  Deportation/Exile (296)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (219)
  
  Beating (176)
  
  Judicial crime (152)
  
  Cattle wagons (151)
  
  Punishment cell (136)
  
  Robbery (82)
  
  Disarmament (27)
  
  Death by shooting (24)
  
  Execution (22)
  
  Sovietization (20)
  
  Roads of death (15)
  
  Deportation (13)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (11)
  
  Forced voting (6)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (4)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (4)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (4)
  
  Round-up (4)
  
  Armored weapons (3)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (3)
  
  Desacration of corpses (2)
  
  Mass graves (2)
  
  Air raids (1)
  
  Collectivization (1)
  
  Germanization (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (167)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (130)
  
  Prison (126)
  
  Kolkhoz (102)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (90)
  
  NKVD custody suite (76)
  
  Transit camp (69)
  
  Internment camp (67)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (38)
  
  Mine (31)
  
  Sovkhoz (13)
  
  Police headquarters/station (2)
  
  Labor camp (1)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Siberia (1)
Content
- Health service (318)
  
  Anders' Army (197)
  
  Amnesty (162)
  
  First deportation (136)
  
  Epidemics (79)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (76)
  
  Communist propaganda (74)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (71)
  
  Polish culture in exile (69)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (29)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (19)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (17)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (15)
  
  Third deportation (9)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (6)
  
  Fourth deportation (6)
  
  Students' Army Corps (5)
  
  Military hospital (4)
  
  Partisan warfare (3)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (3)
  
  Civil resistance (2)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (2)
  
  Polish Underground State (2)
  
  Second deportation (2)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  Underground media (2)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (1)
  
  the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (1)
Object type
- Account (201)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (4)
Object Creation Date
- Start date: End date:
File creator ^?
- Independent Historical Office of the Command of the Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet Union/Documentation Office of the Polish Army in the East (483)
Medium
- Text (483)
  
  Image (12)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (490)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (6)