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

Main Page Indexes Location Baranowicze \(now in Belarus\)

Witness (date and place of birth)
- Aleksiejewicz Józef (1)
  
  Arciszewski Jan, 1907, Pińsk (1)
  
  Berkowicz Icko; 1906, Różana (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Biejnia Teresa (1)
  
  Bielenia Maciej; 1899 (1)
  
  Bubniewicz Wladyslaw; 1898? (1)
  
  Błażewicz Romuald (1)
  
  Charytonowicz Kazimierz; 1921? (1)
  
  Chodor Jan (1)
  
  Chudoń Marian; 23.01.1909 (1)
  
  Chudzikiewicz Zdzisław; 03.03.1922, Lublin (1)
  
  Cwirko-Gudycki Ludwik; 1891 (1)
  
  Dobrowolski Albert; 1900? (1)
  
  Duda Marceli; 1898 (1)
  
  Dygul Stanisław; 1898 (1)
  
  Dąb Marian (1)
  
  Ejzensztajn Jankiel, 1908 (1)
  
  Frankiewicz Eliasz, 1899 (1)
  
  Gojos Stanisław (1)
  
  Gok Józef; 26.10.1898 (1)
  
  Goldberg Michał; 1913? (1)
  
  Graczkowski-Oleszczuk Włodzimierz, 1893 (1)
  
  Grunwald Antoni, 1897 (1)
  
  Hurko Rudolf (1)
  
  Jackiewicz Irena (1)
  
  Jampolski Jan; 15.07.1916, Pińsk (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Januszkiewicz Czesław; 1909 (1)
  
  Jurewicz Maria, 14.10.1907 (1)
  
  Kania Stanisław; 1924? (1)
  
  Kowalska J (1)
  
  Kowalska J. (1)
  
  Kępka Jan (1)
  
  Lewszuk Paweł; 06.01.1890 (1)
  
  Machciński Tomasz Adam; 01.01.1899, Czermin (Rypin county) (1)
  
  Makarewicz Cezary (1)
  
  Malecka Janina; 14.10.1914 (1)
  
  Malinowski Władysław (1)
  
  Matys Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Małyszko Aleksander (1)
  
  Michałowicz Adam; 1921? (1)
  
  Minakowski Jan; 29.05.1917 (1)
  
  Mińko Bolesław; 1910? (1)
  
  Mołczadski Mordka (1)
  
  Naniewicz Michał; 1913? (1)
  
  Pawłowski Aleksander; 1907 (1)
  
  Piekart Barbara, 1911 (1)
  
  Piwski Henryk; 3.05.1910 (1)
  
  Piątek M. (1)
  
  Rabinowicz Józef; 32.03.1918 (1)
  
  Romanko Aleksander; 21.07.1921 (1)
  
  Roszkowski Jan (1)
  
  Sankowski Stanisław; 08.05.1906 (1)
  
  Stróżek Henryk, 1900 (1)
  
  Stępień Marian Bolesław; 1899 (1)
  
  Sudenisz Wincenty; 1902??? (1)
  
  Suświłło Bronisław (1)
  
  Szczupak W. (1)
  
  Szyłobryt Stanisław (1)
  
  Talarek A. (1)
  
  Temerson Aleksander; 1902? (1)
  
  Tielesz Włodzimierz; 01.04.1911 (1)
  
  Turowicz Aleksander; 1893.06.25 (1)
  
  Ulicki Zdzisław; 1915? (1)
  
  Wajnsztok Abram; 1919 (1)
  
  Wolski Bolesław; 1920 (1)
  
  Wutke Paweł; 1893 (1)
  
  Wysocki Władysław; 1896 (1)
  
  Zapaśnik Piotr (1)
  
  Śliż Zofia; 1918 (1)
Subject
- The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (24)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (7)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (6)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (5)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (4)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (3)
  
  A shattered childhood – the fate of children in occupied Poland (2)
  
  Disrupted childhood – the fate of children in occupied Poland (2)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory (2)
  
  Clandestine teaching in occupied Poland (1)
  
  Deported – the Novosibirsk Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Siberia (1)
  
  In exile – Yaroslavl Oblast (1)
  
  Soviets in German captivity (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (36)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (34)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (18)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (17)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (15)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (15)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (10)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (10)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (8)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (7)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 (7)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (6)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (5)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Inta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Białystok (3)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (3)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Monchegorsk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Nieśwież (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Orsha (Belarus) (3)
  
  Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Warsaw (3)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (2)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (2)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (2)
  
  Moscow (Russia), the NKVD prison "Lubyanka", Bolshaya Lubyanka Street 2 (2)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Omsk (Russia, Omsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Osinovka (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street (2)
  
  Poldnevitsa (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) (2)
  
  Soleczniki (Lithuania) (2)
  
  Stołpce (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Słonim (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Taraz (Jambyl, Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Volgolag (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) (2)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (2)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (2)
  
  Wołkowysk (Belarus) (2)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Łuniniec (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Andijan (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (1)
  
  Baranowicze (1)
  
  Beniaminów, Stalag 368 (1)
  
  Bereza Kartuska (Belarus) (1)
  
  Biała Podlaska (1)
  
  Borysów (Belarus) (1)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (1)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (1)
  
  Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Bydgoszcz (1)
  
  Chełm (1)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Dęblin (1)
  
  Ejszyszki (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan), train station (1)
  
  Frunze (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Gdynia (1)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (1)
  
  Gorshorlag (Russia, Kemerovo Oblast) (1)
  
  Grodno (Belarus), NKVD remand center (Magistrat), Magistracka Street (Sovetskaya Street 8) (1)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Gródek Jagielloński (Gródek, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Horodyszcze (now in Belarus, Brześć Oblast, Pińsk region) (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Ivdel (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Izhma (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Jaszuny (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Kanin Nos (Russia, Nenets Autonomous Okrug) (1)
  
  Kara-Balta (Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Karabas (Kazakhstan), train station (1)
  
  Karabash (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kedrovy Shor (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (69)
  
  Civilians (52)
  
  The Civilian Population (50)
  
  The Inteligentsia (29)
  
  Russians/Soviets (24)
  
  The Jews (24)
  
  The Russians (22)
  
  Women (19)
  
  The Sick (18)
  
  The sick (18)
  
  Children (17)
  
  Deportees (16)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (15)
  
  Ukrainians (15)
  
  Prisoners of War (14)
  
  Belarusians (13)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (10)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (9)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (9)
  
  The Church (7)
  
  Lithuanians (6)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (6)
  
  Policemen (6)
  
  The elderly (4)
  
  The Elderly (4)
  
  Border Guard (2)
  
  Estonians (2)
  
  Germans (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (2)
  
  Border Protection Corps (1)
  
  Finns (1)
  
  Landowners (1)
  
  The French (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (16)
  
  Denunciation (9)
  
  Red Army (9)
  
  Soviet Militia (5)
  
  Collaboration (4)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (4)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (4)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (2)
  
  Lithuanians (2)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (2)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (1)
  
  Postal Protection (1)
  
  SS (1)
  
  The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians" (1)
  
  The Secret Police of Nazi Germany (Geheime Staatspolizei, the Gestapo) (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (61)
  
  Arrest (60)
  
  Biological extermination (60)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (42)
  
  Beating (39)
  
  Deportation/Exile (34)
  
  Judicial crime (29)
  
  Punishment cell (26)
  
  Cattle wagons (15)
  
  Robbery (11)
  
  Execution (5)
  
  Death by shooting (4)
  
  Disarmament (4)
  
  Air raids (3)
  
  Deportation (3)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (3)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (3)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (3)
  
  Desacration of corpses (1)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (1)
  
  Hanging (1)
  
  Roads of death (1)
  
  Sovietization (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Prison (31)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (29)
  
  Kolkhoz (17)
  
  NKVD custody suite (14)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (9)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (5)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Mine (4)
  
  Sovkhoz (3)
  
  Transit camp (3)
  
  Police headquarters/station (2)
  
  Forced labor (1)
  
  POW camp (Stalag, Oflag) (1)
Content
- Health service (44)
  
  Anders' Army (26)
  
  Amnesty (23)
  
  Epidemics (15)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (13)
  
  Communist propaganda (12)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (9)
  
  First deportation (8)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (8)
  
  Polish culture in exile (7)
  
  Third deportation (3)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (3)
  
  Fourth deportation (2)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (2)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (1)
  
  Military hospital (1)
  
  Second deportation (1)
Object type
- Account (25)
  
  Brief (2)
  
  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 (63)
  
  Katyn Museum (2)
  
  Ministry of Education in Warsaw (2)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Warsaw (1)
Medium
- Text (69)
  
  Image (4)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (70)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (2)