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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Bazylewicz Aleksy, 1892 (1)
  
  Biełooki Wiktor; 1900 (1)
  
  Bigoraj Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Bogusz Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Budzianowski Antoni; 1886 (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Cieślak Bolesław; 1907? (1)
  
  Cudziło Władysław; 23.03.1909, Wodzianów (1)
  
  Dawidowicz Edward; 06.04.1922 (1)
  
  Deputat Włodzimierz (1)
  
  Drabek Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Dragon Szlama; 19.03.1920, Żuromin (1)
  
  Drzewoszewski Józef (1)
  
  Dąbrowski Piotr; 1895 (1)
  
  Folitarczyk Bronisław, 1908 (1)
  
  Frąckiewicz Piotr; 1896 (1)
  
  Galimski Feliks; 25.09.1916 (1)
  
  Galiński Jan, 1906 (1)
  
  Garniewicz Stanisław; 1884 (1)
  
  Gąsiewski Wladysław, 1898 (1)
  
  Głowacki Józef (1)
  
  Haas Ludwika (1)
  
  Haniewicz Witold, 1916 (1)
  
  Henke Władysław, 1899.01.02 (1)
  
  Iwaszkiewicz Zofia; 09.12.1912 (1)
  
  Jamielita Jan; 1901? (1)
  
  Janczarski Teofil; 1884.04.28 (1)
  
  Jankowski Roman; 07.08.1901 (1)
  
  Jasiewicz Władysław (1)
  
  Jurewicz Maria, 14.10.1907 (1)
  
  Kania Stanisław; 1924? (1)
  
  Krokowska Stanisława; 28.09.1919, Trzciana (mazowieckie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Krokowski Franciszek; 15.04.1915, Stara Wisła (1)
  
  Maculewicz Alfons; 1913 (1)
  
  Magiera Mikołaj (1)
  
  Maik Franciszek; 1911? (1)
  
  Malinowski Tadeusz Giedymin; 1920? (1)
  
  Małyszko Aleksander (1)
  
  Milewski Aleksander; 16.03.1918 (1)
  
  Mirańczyk Stanisław (1)
  
  Mińko Bolesław; 1910? (1)
  
  Nowak Jan (1)
  
  Nowosielski Piotr (1)
  
  Okoń Czesława; 1920? (1)
  
  Olbrycht Jan; 06.05.1886, Zahutyń (1)
  
  Orłowski Jan; 1919? (1)
  
  Paliczewski Władysław; 22.01.1900 (1)
  
  Piekart Barbara, 1911 (1)
  
  Pietruszewska Irena; 1924? (1)
  
  Piątek Stanisław; 1897.04.28 (1)
  
  Polek Czesław; 1909? (1)
  
  Popingis Zygfryd; 1904 (1)
  
  Pypeć Stanisław (1)
  
  Rafałowski Bolesław (1)
  
  Rokita Stanisław (1)
  
  Rowbuć Piotr, 1899 (1)
  
  Rowbuć Piotr; 1899 (1)
  
  Rupel Franciszek;1901? (1)
  
  Rusznica Władysław; 1898 (1)
  
  Rutkowski Wincenty; 1902? (1)
  
  Serdakowski Walerian; 1922? (1)
  
  Siemaszko Wojciech; 1908? (1)
  
  Sikora Ludwik; 1912 (1)
  
  Smerczyński Władysław; 1926? (1)
  
  Sosenka Franciszek; 1924 (1)
  
  Stańczyc Zbigniew; 1917? (1)
  
  Straszak Edmund, 31.05.1918 (1)
  
  Stęchły Władysław; 1915? (1)
  
  Suchodolski Wiktor; 1909.03.25 (1)
  
  Szczepaniak Janina; 1917? (1)
  
  Tabędzki Tadeusz (1)
  
  Tomiczek Henryk (1)
  
  Urbanowicz Józef (1)
  
  Urbański Ignacy (1)
  
  Wacławski Walerian (1)
  
  Warta Stanisław; 1897 (1)
  
  Weber Władysław; 1904? (1)
  
  Wierzbicki Kazimierz; 1898.02.27 (1)
  
  Wierzchoń Bolesław; 04.01.1908 (1)
  
  Wiszniowski Alojzy; 1914? (1)
  
  Wiąz Józefa; 1918.05.16 (1)
  
  Wojciechowicz Wacław; 1899? (1)
  
  Wolny Stanisław (1)
  
  Woźniński Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Wróblewska Wanda; 1924 (1)
  
  Wyganowska Wanda (1)
  
  Wójcik Henryk (1)
  
  Zacharzewski Witold (1)
  
  Zając Władysław, 1911? (1)
  
  Zalewski Edmund; 1893 (1)
  
  Zaremba Mikołaj; 1914 (1)
  
  Zaręba Anatol, 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Zieliński Józef; 1892 (1)
  
  Zieliński Stanisław; 1902 (1)
  
  Ziółkowska Alina; 11.05.1918, Uniszki Zawadzkie (1)
  
  Śmietańska Eugenia; 06.10.1904 (1)
Subject
- The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (28)
  
  In exile – Siberia (14)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (10)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (8)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (7)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (5)
  
  In exile – Ural (3)
  
  Lebensborn – the Germanization of Polish children (3)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (2)
  
  Deadly medicine – Auschwitz-Birkenau (1)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (1)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau – witnesses to Annihilation (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (1)
  
  The Polish Underground State and its bid to help Jews (1)
  
  The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (24)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (16)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (14)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (9)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (8)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (8)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (8)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (6)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (6)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (6)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (5)
  
  Nowa Wilejka (Wilno, Lithuania) (5)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (5)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (4)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), NKVD Headquarters (Regional Court), Ofiarna Street 94 (Aukų Street 2a) (4)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Žagarė (Lithuania), internee camp (4)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Gari (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Iłowo-Osada (subcamp of KL Soldau transit camp), Szkolna Street (Leśna Street) (3)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Kraslag (Krasnoyarsk Krai) (3)
  
  Medvezhyegorsk (Russia, Republic of Karelia) (3)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (3)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (3)
  
  Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Taraz (Jambyl, Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Railway Directorate, Słowackiego Street 12 (Mindaugo Street 12) (3)
  
  Augustów (2)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (2)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (2)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (2)
  
  Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Działdowo (2)
  
  German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau (2)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Inta (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Iłowo (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little Red House” (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V (2)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (2)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (2)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (2)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (2)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (2)
  
  Kuybyshev (Samara, Russia, Samara Oblast) (2)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Nowa Wilejka (Wilno, now in Lithuania) (2)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Shipunovo (Russia, Altai Krai) (2)
  
  Siblag (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Sosva (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 (2)
  
  Stołpce (now in Belarus), prison (music school), Leninskaya Street 47 (2)
  
  Słowita (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (2)
  
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), train station, Kolejowa Street 31 (Sodų Street 22) (2)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Łomża (2)
  
  Akmolinsk (Astana, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Aleysk (Russia, Altai Krai) (1)
  
  Altai Krai (Russia) (1)
  
  Antopol (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (1)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (1)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp (1)
  
  Balta (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (1)
  
  Białystok (1)
  
  Białystok, train station, Kolejowa Street 9 (1)
  
  Bielbaltlag (Russia, Karelian ASSR) (1)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
Victims
- Lithuanians (106)
  
  The Poles (106)
  
  Civilians (92)
  
  The Civilian Population (84)
  
  Russians/Soviets (55)
  
  The Jews (53)
  
  The Inteligentsia (47)
  
  The Russians (46)
  
  Ukrainians (43)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (37)
  
  Women (37)
  
  Deportees (27)
  
  Latvians (26)
  
  The sick (26)
  
  Belarusians (24)
  
  The Sick (24)
  
  Children (23)
  
  Prisoners of War (23)
  
  Estonians (22)
  
  Policemen (18)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (14)
  
  Germans (12)
  
  The Church (11)
  
  Landowners (10)
  
  Internees (8)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (7)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (7)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (6)
  
  The elderly (4)
  
  The Elderly (4)
  
  Romanians (3)
  
  Border Protection Corps (2)
  
  Czechs (2)
  
  Hungarians (2)
  
  The Dutch (2)
  
  The French (2)
  
  Americans (1)
  
  Belgians (1)
  
  Border Guard (1)
  
  Finns (1)
  
  Prison Guard (1)
  
  Slovaks (1)
  
  The British (1)
  
  The Disabled (1)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (1)
  
  the Chinese (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (30)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (16)
  
  Lithuanians (13)
  
  Denunciation (12)
  
  Red Army (11)
  
  Soviet Militia (10)
  
  Collaboration (5)
  
  SS (4)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (4)
  
  The Wehrmacht, the Unified Armed Forces of Nazi Germany (2)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (1)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (1)
  
  Postal Protection (1)
  
  The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians" (1)
  
  The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) (1)
  
  The Secret Police of Nazi Germany (Geheime Staatspolizei, the Gestapo) (1)
  
  The Volksdeutsche/The Volksliste (1)
  
  Waffen-SS (1)
Crimes
- Biological extermination (94)
  
  Arrest (91)
  
  Forced labor (91)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (65)
  
  Beating (60)
  
  Deportation/Exile (52)
  
  Judicial crime (31)
  
  Punishment cell (29)
  
  Robbery (28)
  
  Cattle wagons (24)
  
  Execution (12)
  
  Death by shooting (11)
  
  Disarmament (7)
  
  Deportation (6)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (6)
  
  Roads of death (6)
  
  Air raids (5)
  
  Desacration of corpses (4)
  
  Forced voting (3)
  
  Sovietization (3)
  
  Cremation (2)
  
  Cremation of corpses (2)
  
  Gas chambers (2)
  
  Mass graves (2)
  
  "Dosing" (1)
  
  Administrative persecution (1)
  
  Artillery fire (1)
  
  Artillery shelling (1)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (1)
  
  Displacement (1)
  
  Expulsion (1)
  
  Germanization (1)
  
  Intelligence operations of the Third Reich (1)
  
  Medical experiments (1)
  
  Racial policy (1)
  
  Rape (1)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Prison (36)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (30)
  
  Kolkhoz (26)
  
  NKVD custody suite (25)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (13)
  
  Mine (11)
  
  Transit camp (9)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (7)
  
  Internment camp (7)
  
  Sovkhoz (5)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (4)
  
  Concentration camp (3)
  
  Extermination camp (2)
  
  Ghetto (2)
  
  POW camp (Stalag, Oflag) (2)
Content
- Health service (69)
  
  Anders' Army (32)
  
  Amnesty (31)
  
  Epidemics (24)
  
  Fourth deportation (17)
  
  Polish culture in exile (17)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (14)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (13)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (12)
  
  Communist propaganda (9)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (7)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (5)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (5)
  
  Extermination of Jews (4)
  
  First deportation (3)
  
  Civil resistance (2)
  
  Obliterating the traces (2)
  
  Third deportation (2)
  
  obliterating the traces (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (1)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Rescue of Jews (1)
  
  Second deportation (1)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (1)
  
  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1)
  
  Warsaw Uprising (1)
Object type
- Account (30)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (5)
  
  Brief (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 (98)
  
  Supreme National Tribunal (2)
  
  Committee for the Commemoration of Poles who Saved Jews (1)
  
  Main Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Poland (1)
Medium
- Text (106)
  
  Image (5)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (102)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (4)