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

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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Adamowicz Alfons; 15.12.1906, Białystok (1)
  
  Baranowski Maksymilian (1)
  
  Bernatowicz Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Binduga Władysław; 1915 (1)
  
  Borkowski Stefan (1)
  
  Brzeziński Roman; 16.07.1916 (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Danielecki Stefan; 08.06.1908 (1)
  
  Darasz Jan; 1901? (1)
  
  Daszkiewicz Cyryl; 1899 (1)
  
  Dawczyński Jan; 1901.12.24 (1)
  
  Dawidowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Denisiuk Piotr; 1913 (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Drabek Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Dzietkowicz Piotr; 1894 (1)
  
  Faja Ernest; 24.12.1920, Izabelów (1)
  
  Fałdyga Adam, 1893 (1)
  
  Fijakowski Błażej (1)
  
  Filipowicz Władysław, 1894.09.22 (1)
  
  Frelka Stefan; 16.12.1901 Skrzetusz (1)
  
  Gielwert Edward; 1899? (1)
  
  Glejzer Władysław; 1889 (1)
  
  Gorczyca Stanisław; 06.02.1900 (1)
  
  Gołost Aleksander; 05.12.1902 (1)
  
  Gralak Stanisław; 14.07.1915 (1)
  
  Grot Józef; 11.01.1897 (1)
  
  Grylowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Grysiewicz Stefan, 1901 (1)
  
  Grzelak Wacław; 1901? (1)
  
  Halicki Stanisław, 1912.03.12 (1)
  
  Hamuda Czesław (1)
  
  Janczulewicz Hieronim; 1899 (1)
  
  Jankowski Wacław (1)
  
  Kasprzyk Walenty; 1905? (1)
  
  Kobylarz Tadeusz, 1913? (1)
  
  Komar Franciszek; 1911? (1)
  
  Konopko Jan; 1900? (1)
  
  Kostro Wiktor; 1913 (1)
  
  Krzymowski Bolesław (1)
  
  Kuczkowski Ludwik (1)
  
  Leonow Aleksander; 27.02.1913 (1)
  
  Maciejkowicz Kazimierz (1)
  
  Makowski Józef; 1913 (1)
  
  Markowski Henryk; 1913? (1)
  
  Martenka Sylwester; 14.12.1890, Rzadków (1)
  
  Miszewski Jan; 1899? (1)
  
  Molenda Bronisław; 1903 (1)
  
  Nowicki Antoni; 1902 (1)
  
  Osych Józef (1)
  
  Ozga Józef; 1897? (1)
  
  Pierzyński Piotr; 1893 (1)
  
  Piotrowski Lucjan; 1910 (1)
  
  Plichta Józef; 1900 (1)
  
  Poczobutt-Odłanicki Antoni, 1904 (1)
  
  Podhajski Wincenty; 1898 (1)
  
  Proszowski Henryk (1)
  
  Pytlak Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Rafinski Aleksander (1)
  
  Rataj Adam (1)
  
  Rawski Julian; 1909? (1)
  
  Rewranz Emil (1)
  
  Rożek Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Rucki Michał; 1911 (1)
  
  Rutkowski Władysław; 1897.12.02 (1)
  
  Saj Władysław (1)
  
  Sawicki Józef; 1911 (1)
  
  Stelmaszewski Stanisław; 18.04.1897, Kutno (1)
  
  Szachowski Mieczysław; 1896? (1)
  
  Szymański Władysław; 14.09.1907, Jurgi (Mazowieckie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Tumiłowicz Wacław; 1898 (1)
  
  Urbanowski Emilian; 1899.03.13 (1)
  
  Usowski Jan; 1898.04.25 (1)
  
  Walczuk Józef; 1898 (1)
  
  Weinlös Józef (1)
  
  Wiecek Walenty, 1896 (1)
  
  Wieczorek Władysław, 1900.01.26 (1)
  
  Windyga Czesław; 1906.12.25 (1)
  
  Wójcik Jan; 1898.05.28 (1)
  
  Zaleski-Korziuk Zygfryd; 1898 (1)
  
  Zambrzycki Władysław (1)
  
  Zatorski Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Zbierczuk Stanisław, 1910 (1)
  
  Zienkiewicz Antoni (1)
  
  Znajda Edward (1)
Subject
- Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (44)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (31)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (5)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (3)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (56)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (47)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (37)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (34)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (29)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (25)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (25)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (24)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (22)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (21)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (21)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (15)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (14)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (13)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (12)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (12)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (11)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (9)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (8)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (8)
  
  Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (7)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (5)
  
  Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (5)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp (5)
  
  Karakub (Kalmiuske, Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp (4)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (4)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (4)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (4)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (3)
  
  Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp (3)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (3)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Olita (Lithuania), internee camp (3)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Tyva (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Babynino (Russia, Kaluga Oblast, Babyninsky District) (2)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (2)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (2)
  
  Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) (2)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (2)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Jelenovka (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (2)
  
  Kostopol (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Leningrad (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (2)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Ostróg (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) (2)
  
  Stołpce (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Vyazniki (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (2)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Aralsk (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Arzamas II (train station, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Arzamassky District) (1)
  
  Biała (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Brześć (Belarus), Unii Lubelskiej Street (Lenina Street) (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (1)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Czorsztyn (1)
  
  Czortków (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Domanice (mazowieckie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Drohiczyn (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Dworce (Belarus) (1)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Horodenka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) (1)
  
  Izhma (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Jewie (now in Lithuania) (1)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Kamianka (Ukraine, Lviv Oblast, Skole Raion) (1)
  
  Kandalaksha (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), NKVD regional administration, Zen Mironosic Street 5 (1)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (1)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (1)
  
  Kobryń (Belarus) (1)
  
  Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kopyczyńce (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Kłódka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Litene (Latvia), internment camp (1)
  
  Lublin (1)
  
  Marhanets (Ukraine) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (92)
  
  Prisoners of War (55)
  
  Internees (51)
  
  Policemen (46)
  
  The Inteligentsia (38)
  
  Border Guard (30)
  
  The Jews (25)
  
  Civilians (22)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (22)
  
  The Civilian Population (22)
  
  Belarusians (20)
  
  Border Protection Corps (20)
  
  The Sick (18)
  
  The sick (18)
  
  Ukrainians (17)
  
  The Church (9)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (6)
  
  Women (5)
  
  Deportees (4)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (4)
  
  Russians/Soviets (4)
  
  The Russians (4)
  
  Children (3)
  
  Germans (3)
  
  The elderly (2)
  
  Prison Guard (2)
  
  The Elderly (2)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (1)
  
  Lithuanians (1)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (1)
Perpetrators
- Red Army (31)
  
  Lithuanians (30)
  
  People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (26)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (22)
  
  Collaboration (13)
  
  Denunciation (9)
  
  Soviet Militia (3)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Collaborators (1)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (1)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (86)
  
  Biological extermination (85)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (46)
  
  Arrest (43)
  
  Deportation/Exile (37)
  
  Cattle wagons (36)
  
  Punishment cell (29)
  
  Beating (28)
  
  Disarmament (15)
  
  Judicial crime (11)
  
  Robbery (10)
  
  Death by shooting (5)
  
  Deportation (3)
  
  Execution (3)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (3)
  
  Roads of death (3)
  
  Air raids (1)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (1)
  
  Germanization (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Forced labor camps for POWs (85)
  
  Internment camp (52)
  
  Transit camp (48)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (25)
  
  Mine (17)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (15)
  
  Kolkhoz (6)
  
  Prison (6)
  
  Labor camp (1)
  
  NKVD custody suite (1)
Content
- Health service (66)
  
  Anders' Army (34)
  
  Polish culture in exile (25)
  
  Amnesty (23)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (22)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (21)
  
  Epidemics (19)
  
  Communist propaganda (17)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (2)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Fourth deportation (1)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Students' Army Corps (1)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (1)
  
  Underground culture and education (1)
Object type
- Account (37)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (1)
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 (92)
Medium
- Text (92)
  
  Image (5)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (91)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (3)