“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)
- Andruszkiewicz Józef; 1893? (1)
  
  Banasiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Bednarska Wanda; 16.06.1912, Suchedniów (1)
  
  Besarab Michał; 04.03.1901 (1)
  
  Brzeziński Roman; 16.07.1916 (1)
  
  Buchwalter Fryderyk, 1912 (1)
  
  Budzianowski Antoni; 1886 (1)
  
  Chojecka Maria; 11.03.1903 (1)
  
  Cudowska Leokadia; 15.04.1904, Rogowo (Białystok county) (1)
  
  Cudowska Leokadia; 15.04.1904, Rogowo (Białystok district) (1)
  
  Czosyk Elżbieta; 1916, Chorostków (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Czosyk Elżbieta; 1916, Chorostków (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Dobosz Franciszek (1)
  
  Dybowska Aniela; 13.04.1912, Łódź (1)
  
  Dąbkowski Witkor; 1890 (1)
  
  Epsztein Ewa; 19.08.1922, Rozprza (1)
  
  Falińska Danuta; 28.01.1924, Podwołoczyska (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Finkler Gustaw (1)
  
  Fok Zofia; 16.02.1905, Winniki (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Galantowicz Genowefa; 09.10.1917 Wilno (now in Lithuania) (1)
  
  Gancarz Wojciech, 1902 (1)
  
  Giedgowd Piotr, 1905 (1)
  
  Giedryć Jan; 1907 (1)
  
  Giżycki Kazimierz, 1888 (1)
  
  Gochmański Andrzej (1)
  
  Grudzińska Józefa; 20.03.1921, Zambrów (1)
  
  Grzebień Mieczysław; 1921 (1)
  
  Grzybowski Marian; 1920? (1)
  
  Gąsiewski Wladysław, 1898 (1)
  
  Habera Stanisława; 13.04.1917, Miedziana Góra (Kielce county) (1)
  
  Habera Stanisława; 13.04.1917, Miedziana Góra (Kielce district) (1)
  
  Hafftke Elżbieta; 1912 (1)
  
  Hafftke Jadwiga; 1911 (1)
  
  Hafftke Lena; 1910 (1)
  
  Hnicka Janina; 1918? (1)
  
  Janowicz Marian; 14.08.1901 (1)
  
  Jańczyk Wacław (1)
  
  Jung-Falińska Anna (1)
  
  Kapelańska Leokadia; 1920, Radziłów (1)
  
  Kowalska J (1)
  
  Kowalska J. (1)
  
  Kwiatkowska Henryka; 26.01.1923 (1)
  
  Lachtaj Leopold; 1923? (1)
  
  Langer Bernard; 1919.10.27 (1)
  
  Malecka Janina; 14.10.1914 (1)
  
  Mamak Eugenia; 10.04.1921 (1)
  
  Maniak Stefan; 1900? (1)
  
  Małkiewicz Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Mańkowski Kazimierz; 02.03.1895 (1)
  
  Mida Marta; 06.08.1915, Młynik (Ostrów county) (1)
  
  Mustyk Piotr; 1899.06.13 (1)
  
  Niejander Józef; 1902 (1)
  
  Nowakowski Władysław; 1898 (1)
  
  Nowicki Antoni; 1897 (1)
  
  Pelipczak Leokadia; 27.12.1919 (1)
  
  Perkowska Janina; 1912? (1)
  
  Petrenczuk Lucjan; 1902 (1)
  
  Petri Ernest; 1900.02.25 (1)
  
  Popiel Józef (1)
  
  Pudowski Józef; 1919? (1)
  
  Pęk Stanisław (1)
  
  Płatacz Wiktor (1)
  
  Rawkowski Mikołaj (1)
  
  Richert Waldemar; 1910? (1)
  
  Romanko Aleksander; 21.07.1921 (1)
  
  Skarżyńska Helena; 1917 (1)
  
  Stefańki Michał; 1908 (1)
  
  Straszak Edmund, 31.05.1918 (1)
  
  Strzemecka M.; 09.01.1908, Haliczany (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Urba Julian; 1895 (1)
  
  Wierczkowski Antoni, 1894.02.16 (1)
  
  Wierzbicki Hieronim; 1897.07.17 (1)
  
  Wudko Marian Stefan; 1910? (1)
  
  Zapolski Jerzy; 1897 (1)
  
  Załuska Jan; 1907? (1)
  
  Zieliński Idzi, 1897.08.20 (1)
  
  Zychała Mikołaj (1)
  
  Łabęcka Janina; 04.04.1920 (1)
  
  Łabęcki Józef; 1900?, Piotrkowice (1)
  
  Śmietańska Eugenia; 06.10.1904 (1)
  
  Świca Aleksander; 1897? (1)
  
  Śłużyńska Helena, 1902? (1)
Subject
- The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (14)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (13)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (11)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (7)
  
  In exile – Siberia (6)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (3)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (3)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (2)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (2)
  
  In exile – Ural (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Republic of Mordovia (2)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (1)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Farab (Kazakhstan) (81)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (20)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (17)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (14)
  
  Tehran (Iran) (9)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Bandar-e Pahlavi (Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) (7)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (6)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (6)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Urgench (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (4)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (3)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (3)
  
  Kitab (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (3)
  
  Kuybyshev (Samara, Russia, Samara Oblast) (3)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Stryj (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Trybunalska Street (Ołesnyćkoho Street 4) (3)
  
  Temlag (Russia, Republic of Mordovia) (3)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (2)
  
  Białystok (2)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (2)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (2)
  
  Dywin (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan), train station (2)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (2)
  
  Jizzakh (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (2)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (2)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) (2)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (2)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (2)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Omsk (Russia, Omsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (2)
  
  Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Poltava (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Potma (Russia, Republic of Mordovia) (2)
  
  Quizil Ribat (Iraq) (2)
  
  Rubtsovsk (Russia, Altai Krai) (2)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Sangorodok (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (2)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 (2)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Vodopad (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (2)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (2)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) (2)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Akmol (Kazakhstan), Akmolinsk Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland (1)
  
  Aktobe (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Augustów (1)
  
  Babin (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Baku (Azerbaijan) (1)
  
  Baranowicze (1)
  
  Beirut (Lebanon) (1)
  
  Beskaragay (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Borysław (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Brasław (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (1)
  
  Bukhara Oblast (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Bydgoszcz (1)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (1)
  
  Chernoye (Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Oblast) (1)
  
  Christoforovo (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (1)
  
  Czortków (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (1)
  
  Derewek (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) (1)
  
  Donbas (Ukraine) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (79)
  
  Civilians (73)
  
  The Civilian Population (72)
  
  Women (49)
  
  Deportees (42)
  
  Children (32)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (25)
  
  The Inteligentsia (22)
  
  The sick (19)
  
  The Sick (18)
  
  The elderly (15)
  
  Russians/Soviets (15)
  
  The Elderly (15)
  
  The Russians (15)
  
  The Jews (14)
  
  Ukrainians (14)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (13)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (11)
  
  Belarusians (10)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (10)
  
  Policemen (9)
  
  Landowners (7)
  
  Prisoners of War (6)
  
  Lithuanians (4)
  
  The Church (4)
  
  Internees (3)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (2)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (2)
  
  Germans (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Scouts (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (18)
  
  Soviet Militia (10)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (9)
  
  Collaboration (7)
  
  Denunciation (7)
  
  Red Army (7)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (2)
Crimes
- Forced labor (73)
  
  Biological extermination (65)
  
  Deportation/Exile (61)
  
  Arrest (58)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (25)
  
  Cattle wagons (24)
  
  Judicial crime (22)
  
  Beating (20)
  
  Punishment cell (12)
  
  Robbery (8)
  
  Deportation (6)
  
  Disarmament (5)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (5)
  
  Sovietization (5)
  
  Air raids (2)
  
  Forced voting (2)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (1)
  
  Execution (1)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (1)
  
  Roads of death (1)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (1)
  
  Round-up (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Kolkhoz (38)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (31)
  
  Prison (24)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (17)
  
  NKVD custody suite (11)
  
  Sovkhoz (7)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Mine (4)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (2)
  
  Internment camp (2)
  
  Transit camp (2)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Police headquarters/station (1)
  
  Siberia (1)
Content
- Health service (58)
  
  Amnesty (41)
  
  Anders' Army (37)
  
  First deportation (20)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (18)
  
  Epidemics (16)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (15)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (13)
  
  Military hospital (12)
  
  Communist propaganda (8)
  
  Polish culture in exile (8)
  
  Second deportation (8)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (6)
  
  Third deportation (6)
  
  Fourth deportation (4)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (3)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (3)
  
  Judenrat (1)
  
  Polish Underground State (1)
  
  Students' Army Corps (1)
Object type
- Account (42)
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 (79)
Medium
- Text (79)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (80)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (1)