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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Anonymous (2)
  
  Lipski Jan (2)
  
  Lis Józef (2)
  
  Mongiałło Wacław; 1910 (2)
  
  Tarkowski Bronisław; 1917.12.13 (2)
  
  Tomaszewski Zdzisław (2)
  
  Adamczyk Karol (1)
  
  Ambros Florian; 1913? (1)
  
  Andruszkiewicz Józef; 1893? (1)
  
  Arociak (1)
  
  Atras Franciszek, 1900.10.08 (1)
  
  Augustowicz Bolesław; 1912 (1)
  
  Awienko Henryk; 1910? (1)
  
  Bakuła Antoni; 1899 (1)
  
  Bakuła Antoni; 1900 (1)
  
  Balińska Janina; 19.03.1905, Częstochowa (1)
  
  Baliński Kazimierz, 1901 (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1909 (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1910 (1)
  
  Banasiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Baran Jan, 1906.02.04 (1)
  
  Baranowski Julian; 1902 (1)
  
  Barczak Franciszek; 03.04.1913, Świeca (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan 1914 (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan; 05.01.1914, Spieczyny (1)
  
  Barycki Stanisław; 1898 (1)
  
  Bator Franciszek (1)
  
  Bazylewicz Aleksy, 1892 (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Czesław (1)
  
  Bekery Julian; 1908 (1)
  
  Bendowski Stefan; 1906 (1)
  
  Berkowicz Icko; 1906, Różana (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Bernatowicz Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Bełch Franciszek (1)
  
  Białous Edward; 03.04.1914, Kantorówka (1)
  
  Bielecki Andrzej; 1893, Podhorce (1)
  
  Bieniasiewicz Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Biełous Włodzimierz; 1904 (1)
  
  Biliński Ludwik; 1919? (1)
  
  Birzański Sz. (1)
  
  Bobowski Leszek; 1910? (1)
  
  Bobrowicz Nikodem; 1899? (1)
  
  Bochenski Jan; 28.12.1901 (1)
  
  Bogusz Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Bojarska Stefania; 1922 (1)
  
  Bojarski Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Bonchort Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Borger Ludwik; 1915? (1)
  
  Borkowski Bronisław; 12.03.1912 (1)
  
  Borkowski Stefan (1)
  
  Borysiuk Mateusz; 1903? (1)
  
  Boryń Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Bronowicki Stanisław; 1908 (1)
  
  Brzeziński Roman; 16.07.1916 (1)
  
  Brzozowski Stefan; 1900? (1)
  
  Brzuszkiewicz Jan (1)
  
  Bujak Aleksander, 10.02.1914 (1)
  
  Burzawa Franciszek, 22.11.1892 (1)
  
  Busk Kazimierz; 09.01.1915, Kielce (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Bławat Michał; 1896? (1)
  
  Ceglarek Józef; 1909.02.28 (1)
  
  Celiński Czesław; 15.11.1900 (1)
  
  Cepil Feliks; 1899 (1)
  
  Chabros Józef, 1910.02.26 (1)
  
  Chamot Bolesław (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chmielarski Józef; 1898 (1)
  
  Chmielewska Władysława, 1918.01.25 (1)
  
  Chodorowski Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Chojna Michał (1)
  
  Chojnacki Bolesław, 1897 (1)
  
  Chomicz Eustachy; 1905 (1)
  
  Chołubko Jan, 1911 (1)
  
  Chromiński Stanisław (1)
  
  Chudzikiewicz Zdzisław; 03.03.1922, Lublin (1)
  
  Cichosz Wladysław, 1900? (1)
  
  Cieplik Marian; 24.02.1894 (1)
  
  Cioch Franciszek, 1897 (1)
  
  Csabak Leon, 1919 (1)
  
  Cupryk Wladysław; 1916 (1)
  
  Cygielman Szylem (1)
  
  Cyran Tadeusz (1)
  
  Cytko Jan; 1897? (1)
  
  Czachór Antoni; 1897? (1)
  
  Czajkowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Czapiński Marian; 1901? (1)
  
  Czartowski Czesław, 1898 (1)
  
  Czerniak Zygmunt, 1906 (1)
  
  Czerniecki Zbigniew (1)
  
  Danielecki Stefan; 08.06.1908 (1)
  
  Daszkiewicz Wanda (1)
  
  Dawczyński Jan; 1901.12.24 (1)
  
  Deka Antoni (1)
  
  Denisiuk Piotr; 1913 (1)
  
  Deresz Karolina; 03.05.1909, Murawiec (1)
  
  Dmowski Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Doliński Jan; 1897 (1)
  
  Domagalski Władysław; 1898.03.14 (1)
  
  Draws Leon; 1908 (1)
Subject
- The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (153)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (127)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (59)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (42)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (29)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (25)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (23)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (20)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (19)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (16)
  
  In exile – Ural (14)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (14)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (10)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (10)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (9)
  
  In exile – Siberia (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (7)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (7)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (5)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (5)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Republic of Mordovia (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ryazan Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Far East (2)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Vologda Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (1)
  
  In exile – Yaroslavl Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ivanovo Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Sverdlovsk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Tver Oblast (1)
  
  the Gulag Archipelago – the Ukraine (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (139)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (105)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (97)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (64)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (49)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (45)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (43)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (42)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (42)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (41)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (40)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (34)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (29)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (29)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (29)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (28)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (26)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (25)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (25)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (23)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (22)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (21)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (20)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (19)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (19)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (19)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (18)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (18)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (18)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (17)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (17)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (17)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (16)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (16)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (16)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (15)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (15)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (15)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (15)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (14)
  
  Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (14)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine), Prison no 2, Zamarstynowska Street 7/9 (14)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (14)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (14)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (14)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (14)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (14)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (13)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (13)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (13)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) (13)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (12)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (12)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (12)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (12)
  
  Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) (12)
  
  Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 (12)
  
  Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (12)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (11)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (11)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (11)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (11)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (11)
  
  Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 (11)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (11)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (11)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) (11)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (10)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (10)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (10)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (10)
  
  Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp (10)
  
  Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (10)
  
  Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (10)
  
  Proskuriv (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (10)
  
  Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (10)
  
  Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (10)
  
  Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) (9)
  
  Białystok (9)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 (9)
  
  Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (9)
  
  Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) (9)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine) (9)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) (9)
  
  Złoczów (now in Ukraine) (9)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (8)
  
  Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) (8)
  
  Karlag (Kazakhstan) (8)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) (8)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 (8)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street (8)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (8)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (8)
  
  Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (8)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (8)
  
  Yertsevo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (8)
  
  Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (8)
  
  Chełm (7)
Victims
- The Poles (638)
  
  Civilians (452)
  
  The Civilian Population (416)
  
  The Inteligentsia (240)
  
  Ukrainians (230)
  
  Prisoners of War (210)
  
  The Jews (208)
  
  Russians/Soviets (173)
  
  The sick (159)
  
  Women (151)
  
  The Sick (150)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (149)
  
  Belarusians (137)
  
  The Russians (137)
  
  Deportees (134)
  
  Policemen (108)
  
  Children (98)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (78)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (59)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (48)
  
  The Elderly (47)
  
  The elderly (47)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (33)
  
  Lithuanians (30)
  
  Internees (29)
  
  The Church (28)
  
  Landowners (26)
  
  Germans (23)
  
  Border Guard (22)
  
  Border Protection Corps (20)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (18)
  
  Latvians (17)
  
  Estonians (8)
  
  Czechs (6)
  
  Prison Guard (4)
  
  Romanians (4)
  
  Finns (2)
  
  Hungarians (2)
  
  Scouts (2)
  
  the Chinese (2)
  
  Georgians (1)
  
  Slovaks (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (166)
  
  Red Army (128)
  
  Denunciation (81)
  
  Collaboration (62)
  
  Soviet Militia (50)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (49)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (29)
  
  Lithuanians (19)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (8)
  
  Collaborators (4)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (4)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Administrative Police (1)
  
  Postal Protection (1)
Crimes
- Punishment cell (639)
  
  Biological extermination (584)
  
  Forced labor (574)
  
  Arrest (491)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (389)
  
  Beating (358)
  
  Deportation/Exile (311)
  
  Judicial crime (202)
  
  Cattle wagons (144)
  
  Robbery (122)
  
  Disarmament (94)
  
  Death by shooting (83)
  
  Execution (71)
  
  Roads of death (62)
  
  Deportation (17)
  
  Air raids (15)
  
  Sovietization (15)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (13)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (10)
  
  Desacration of corpses (9)
  
  Forced voting (9)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (6)
  
  Round-up (6)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (6)
  
  Death marches (5)
  
  Armored weapons (4)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (4)
  
  Mass graves (2)
  
  Denationalization (1)
  
  Germanization (1)
  
  Rape (1)
Place
- Prison (226)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (204)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (166)
  
  NKVD custody suite (128)
  
  Kolkhoz (102)
  
  Transit camp (93)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (82)
  
  Mine (67)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (51)
  
  Internment camp (21)
  
  Sovkhoz (15)
  
  Siberia (2)
  
  Concentration camp (1)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Sewers (1)
Content
- Health service (416)
  
  Anders' Army (231)
  
  Amnesty (185)
  
  Epidemics (106)
  
  Communist propaganda (86)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (85)
  
  Polish culture in exile (84)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (71)
  
  First deportation (68)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (47)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (40)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (23)
  
  Third deportation (17)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (15)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (8)
  
  Civil resistance (8)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (8)
  
  Second deportation (8)
  
  Military hospital (5)
  
  Fourth deportation (4)
  
  Polish Underground State (3)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (3)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  Aid to Jews (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Underground media (1)
Object type
- Account (207)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (8)
  
  Press clipping (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 (639)
Medium
- Text (639)
  
  Image (20)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (630)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (7)