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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Aksnowicz Alfons; 21.01.1920 (1)
  
  Aleksandrów Władysław; 1919? (1)
  
  Amanowicz Kazimierz; 1922? (1)
  
  Andrzejewski Teodor; 1904? (1)
  
  Awienko Henryk; 1910? (1)
  
  Babiarz Józef; 13.03.1909, Łańcut (1)
  
  Babiński Henryk, 1911 (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan 1914 (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan; 05.01.1914, Spieczyny (1)
  
  Beker Władysław; 1911 (1)
  
  Bielecki Andrzej; 1893, Podhorce (1)
  
  Biłyk Stefan (1)
  
  Blachuta Czesław; 1923? (1)
  
  Bloch Ilia; 1912? (1)
  
  Bobela Marian; 1893, Rozdół (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bobrzek Wladyslaw; 08.09.1899 (1)
  
  Bodnar Michał, 1899? (1)
  
  Bogucki Jan; 1913? (1)
  
  Borowy Władysław (1)
  
  Bronis Piotr; 1903? (1)
  
  Brunstein Stanislaw; 27.10.1914 (1)
  
  Brzozowski Jan; 1895? (1)
  
  Buben Wincenty (1)
  
  Buczyński Michał; 28.09.1892 (1)
  
  Burawski Władysław (1)
  
  Burda Augustyn, 1901? (1)
  
  Błażewicz Romuald (1)
  
  Chabros Józef, 1910.02.26 (1)
  
  Chodorowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Chojnacki Bolesław, 1897 (1)
  
  Chudyk Piotr, 1922 (1)
  
  Cichowski Julian; 1900? (1)
  
  Cichy Paweł; 1910 (1)
  
  Ciechanowicz Konstanty; 1897.05.20 (1)
  
  Cierebiej Franciszek; 1897 (1)
  
  Cytrynik Dawid (1)
  
  Czabak Julian; 1897? (1)
  
  Czabućko Michał; 03.08.1898, Kruciłowicze (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Czaplicki Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Czarniecki Kazimierz, 1912.12.02 (1)
  
  Czerniecki Zbigniew (1)
  
  Czernuszczyk Paweł, 1917.08.22 (1)
  
  Deputat Włodzimierz (1)
  
  Deręgowski Antoni (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Draws Leon; 1908 (1)
  
  Dubrawka Piotr (1)
  
  Duj Wilhelm; 1914 (1)
  
  Dziad Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Dziemian Hentyk (1)
  
  Dąbrowski Jan (1)
  
  Epsztejn Abraham, 1911 (1)
  
  Esman Wladysław (1)
  
  Fabirowski Stefan, 1899 (1)
  
  Fabiszewski Henryk; 10.02.1894 (1)
  
  Fedorowicz Mieczysław, 1892 (1)
  
  Feldman Tyburcjusz, 1895 (1)
  
  Feliczak Jan, 1904 (1)
  
  Ficek Władysław, 1898.05.21 (1)
  
  Fiedorow Mieczysław, 1915.01.06 (1)
  
  Fijakowski Błażej (1)
  
  Filip Jakub; 11.04.1914, Krużlowa Nizina (1)
  
  Filipek Zygmunt; 1920? (1)
  
  Filipiński Tomasz (1)
  
  Filipowicz Władysław, 1894.09.22 (1)
  
  Finkler Gustaw (1)
  
  Flinz Kazimierz (1)
  
  Fojcik Wilhelm, 1897.04.17 (1)
  
  Friedenberg Stanisław; 1919? (1)
  
  Fronczyk Feliks (1)
  
  Frąckiewicz Piotr; 1896 (1)
  
  Gac Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Gancarz Wojciech, 1902 (1)
  
  Garbarz Szmul, 1902 (1)
  
  Garguliński Antoni, 1898.06.06 (1)
  
  Garguliński Stanisław; 1911? (1)
  
  Garniewicz Stanisław; 1884 (1)
  
  Gawryluk Afanazy (1)
  
  Gałązka Franciszek (1)
  
  Gelersztejn Borys; 1922? (1)
  
  Giedgowd Piotr, 1905 (1)
  
  Gielwert Edward; 1899? (1)
  
  Gierżadowicz Jan, 1907 (1)
  
  Girdziusz Witold; 15.08.1920, Mieszańce (Biernaty, now in Lithuania) (1)
  
  Glezner Zygmunt; 17.09.1911, Warsaw (1)
  
  Gmitrzak Józef; 07.10.1921 (1)
  
  Gogolewski Roman; 1911 (1)
  
  Goldberg Michał; 1913? (1)
  
  Goldwasser Henryk; 25.07.1919 (1)
  
  Gołuński Wincenty (1)
  
  Grabowski Janusz; 1919? (1)
  
  Grodzińska Janina; 25.04.1923 (1)
  
  Grodzińska Olga; 15.11.1902 (1)
  
  Grzelak Wacław; 1901? (1)
  
  Grzeszczak Jerzy; 1923? (1)
  
  Górecki Apolinary, 1898 (1)
  
  Górski Stanisław; 1903 (1)
  
  Głowiak Stanisław; 10.02.1903, Podzwierzyniec (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Halicz Fryderyk; 1918? (1)
  
  Kullanda Henryk (1)
Subject
- The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (82)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (37)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (36)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (31)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (27)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (17)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (15)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (10)
  
  In exile – Ural (9)
  
  In exile – Siberia (7)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (6)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (4)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (2)
  
  Deported – the Perm Krai (1)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Vologda Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (68)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (66)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (47)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (41)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (37)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (28)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (28)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (26)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (25)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (21)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (18)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (18)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (18)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (17)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (15)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (15)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (15)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (14)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (14)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (13)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (13)
  
  Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 (13)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (12)
  
  Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (11)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (11)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (11)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (11)
  
  Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (11)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (10)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (10)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (10)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (10)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (10)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (9)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (9)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (9)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (9)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (9)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (9)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (9)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (9)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (8)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (8)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (8)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (8)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (7)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp (7)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (7)
  
  Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) (7)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (7)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (7)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (6)
  
  Białystok (6)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (6)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (6)
  
  Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (6)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (6)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Werba (Ukraine) (6)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (5)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (5)
  
  Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (5)
  
  Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (5)
  
  Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Ostra Góra (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Przemyśl (5)
  
  Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (5)
  
  Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp (5)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (5)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (5)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, Ukraine), transit camp (5)
  
  Zimna Woda (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Złoczów (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Brody (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Hermanów (Tarasiwka, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Husiatyn (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Irkutsk (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Jarmolińce (now in Ukraine), transit camp (4)
  
  Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Kamionka Las (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (4)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (4)
Victims
- The Poles (325)
  
  Civilians (214)
  
  The Civilian Population (200)
  
  The Inteligentsia (140)
  
  Prisoners of War (116)
  
  Ukrainians (101)
  
  Deportees (96)
  
  The Jews (94)
  
  Women (91)
  
  The sick (79)
  
  The Sick (77)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (75)
  
  Children (74)
  
  Policemen (74)
  
  Russians/Soviets (67)
  
  Belarusians (62)
  
  The Russians (60)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (54)
  
  Internees (49)
  
  The elderly (43)
  
  The Elderly (42)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (36)
  
  Border Guard (25)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (22)
  
  Germans (19)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (18)
  
  The Church (18)
  
  Border Protection Corps (16)
  
  Lithuanians (13)
  
  Landowners (11)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (9)
  
  Czechs (3)
  
  Estonians (3)
  
  Georgians (2)
  
  Hungarians (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Prison Guard (2)
  
  Romanians (2)
  
  the Chinese (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (87)
  
  Red Army (79)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (56)
  
  Collaboration (37)
  
  Soviet Militia (35)
  
  Denunciation (32)
  
  Lithuanians (22)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (15)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (4)
  
  Collaborators (1)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (1)
Crimes
- Biological extermination (304)
  
  Forced labor (299)
  
  Arrest (211)
  
  Deportation/Exile (189)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (134)
  
  Cattle wagons (117)
  
  Beating (109)
  
  Judicial crime (79)
  
  Punishment cell (71)
  
  Robbery (57)
  
  Disarmament (56)
  
  Death by shooting (40)
  
  Roads of death (36)
  
  Execution (34)
  
  Air raids (14)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (12)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (12)
  
  Deportation (10)
  
  Sovietization (6)
  
  Death marches (4)
  
  Forced voting (4)
  
  Armored weapons (3)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (2)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (2)
  
  Collectivization (1)
  
  Denationalization (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
  
  Round-up (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Forced labor camps for POWs (99)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (71)
  
  Kolkhoz (71)
  
  Transit camp (71)
  
  Prison (65)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (60)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (50)
  
  Internment camp (47)
  
  NKVD custody suite (36)
  
  Mine (29)
  
  Sovkhoz (15)
  
  Concentration camp (3)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Siberia (1)
Content
- Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (325)
  
  Health service (207)
  
  Anders' Army (129)
  
  Amnesty (74)
  
  Epidemics (57)
  
  Polish culture in exile (55)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (51)
  
  First deportation (42)
  
  Communist propaganda (37)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (37)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (18)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (17)
  
  Second deportation (16)
  
  Fourth deportation (8)
  
  Third deportation (6)
  
  Military hospital (3)
  
  Students' Army Corps (3)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (3)
  
  Civil resistance (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (1)
Object type
- Account (137)
  
  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 (325)
Medium
- Text (325)
  
  Image (13)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (320)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (4)