1. Personal data (name, surname, rank, age, profession, marital status):
Gunner Marian Jankowski, 24 years old, student, unmarried.
2. Date and circumstances of arrest:
Arrested on 4 October 1939, as a son of a landlord.
3. Name of the camp, prison, forced labor site:
Oszmiana, Mińsk, Orsha, Moscow, and a labor camp in Kamchatka.
4. Description of the camp, prison:
Buildings looked as if they were for a lousy householder’s dog, and so were the living conditions.
5. Composition of POWs, prisoners, exiles:
Prisoners – state and local officials, officers, and farmers. Treated as enemies of the Soviets.
6. Life in the camp, prison:
A workday within the labor camp would last even 15 hours. Food and clothing were insufficient.
7. Attitude of the local NKVD towards the Poles:
It was so bad that it’s beyond description.
8. Medical assistance, hospitals, mortality:
No medical assistance, podychay kak sobaka [die like a dog].
9. Was there a possibility to communicate with one’s country and family?
No contact at all.
10. When were you released and how did you manage to join the army?
On 3 October 1941. I joined the army on my own.