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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Arciszewski Franciszek; 02.11.1908, Łódź (1)
  
  Atras Franciszek, 1900.10.08 (1)
  
  Badurak Brosnislaw, 1905 (1)
  
  Badurak Brosnisław; 1905 (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan 1914 (1)
  
  Barczykowski Jan; 05.01.1914, Spieczyny (1)
  
  Bator Franciszek (1)
  
  Biełous Włodzimierz; 1904 (1)
  
  Bojar Michał; 19.09.1901, Krasne (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Błaszczyk Zygmunt (1)
  
  Czajkowski Mikołaj; 1926? (1)
  
  Czapiński Marian; 1901? (1)
  
  Dawidowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Dobrowolski Albert; 1900? (1)
  
  Fabiszewski Henryk; 10.02.1894 (1)
  
  Fałdyga Adam, 1893 (1)
  
  Feldman Tyburcjusz, 1895 (1)
  
  Fijakowski Błażej (1)
  
  Filipowicz Władysław, 1894.09.22 (1)
  
  Gajewski Marian; 15.08.1896 (1)
  
  Gmaj Józef, 1897 (1)
  
  Gorczyca Stanisław; 06.02.1900 (1)
  
  Gołost Aleksander; 05.12.1902 (1)
  
  Grendo Bronisław; 06.07.1905 (1)
  
  Górnicki Jan; 1903 (1)
  
  Jakubowski Joachim; 1897 (1)
  
  Jarocki Aleksy (1)
  
  Juszko Bronisław (1)
  
  Klahr Febus; 1893? (1)
  
  Król Czesław; 1902 (1)
  
  Kędziora Franciszek; 1895, Jarogniewnice (1)
  
  Latawiec Ludwik; 1897 (1)
  
  Ley Waldemar; 1915? (1)
  
  Makowski Józef; 1913 (1)
  
  Malinowski Nicefor (1)
  
  Martenka Sylwester; 14.12.1890, Rzadków (1)
  
  Matecki Józef (1)
  
  Michalak Alfred; 19.11.1902 (1)
  
  Michalski Izydor; 1901 (1)
  
  Naniko Piotr; 1900 (1)
  
  Nelszer Otton (1)
  
  Nojek Leonard; 1893 (1)
  
  Olewicz Rudolf; 1915? (1)
  
  Ozga Józef; 1897? (1)
  
  Piotrowski Lucjan; 1910 (1)
  
  Piątek Stanisław; 1897.04.28 (1)
  
  Poczobutt-Odłanicki Antoni, 1904 (1)
  
  Puzareweski Grzegorz; 25.03.1911 (1)
  
  Raczek Andrzej; 1911? (1)
  
  Rojna; 1899 (1)
  
  Roszek Tadeusz; 1917? (1)
  
  Rożek Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Sawala Stanisław; 18.04.1900 (1)
  
  Siedlecki Karol (1)
  
  Staszewski Alfons; 1904? (1)
  
  Stelmaszewski Stanisław; 18.04.1897, Kutno (1)
  
  Swendrowski Tadeusz; 1910? (1)
  
  Trzaska Antoni; 1907 (1)
  
  Tumiłowicz Wacław; 1898 (1)
  
  Usowski Jan; 1898.04.25 (1)
  
  Waligórski Zygmunt (1)
  
  Wieczorek Władysław, 1900.01.26 (1)
  
  Wiśniewski Stefan; 1887 (1)
  
  Wojszko Józef (1)
  
  Wróblewska Wanda; 1924 (1)
  
  Wójcik Jan; 1898.05.28 (1)
  
  Zatorski Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Łojko Jan; 1903 (1)
  
  Łunkiewicz Polikarp; 1899? (1)
Subject
- Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (28)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (16)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (5)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (1)
  
  In exile – Siberia (1)
  
  In exile – Ural (1)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Tver Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (33)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (21)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (21)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (15)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (14)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (12)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (11)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (11)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (9)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (8)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (7)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (7)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (6)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (6)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (6)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (6)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (5)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (5)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (5)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (4)
  
  Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp (4)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (4)
  
  Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 (3)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (3)
  
  Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp (3)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (3)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (3)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (2)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (2)
  
  Czortków (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) (2)
  
  Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp (2)
  
  Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (2)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (2)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (2)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), NKVD prison, Radisheva Street 32 (2)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (2)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (2)
  
  Tiotkino (Russia, Kursk Oblast), transit camp (2)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (2)
  
  Worochta (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Antopol (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Askino (Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan) (1)
  
  Augustów (podlaskie voivodeship), seat of the Water Management Board, 29 listopada Street 5 (1)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (1)
  
  Barszczowice (now in Ukraine), train station (1)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (1)
  
  Borszczów (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borszczów (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borszczów (now in Ukraine), barracks, Shukhevych Street 14 (1)
  
  Borysów (Belarus) (1)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (1)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Chorostków (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (1)
  
  Dryszczów (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Grajewo (1)
  
  Halicz (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Hermanów (Tarasiwka, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (1)
  
  Horodenka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Jarmolińce (now in Ukraine), transit camp (1)
  
  Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Jelenovka (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Karlag (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (1)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Kostopol (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Kraków (1)
  
  Kupcze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Kurowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
Victims
- Border Protection Corps (73)
  
  The Poles (73)
  
  Policemen (45)
  
  Prisoners of War (45)
  
  The Inteligentsia (39)
  
  Internees (30)
  
  Border Guard (29)
  
  Civilians (27)
  
  The Civilian Population (27)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (26)
  
  The Jews (15)
  
  The Sick (14)
  
  The sick (14)
  
  Ukrainians (14)
  
  Belarusians (10)
  
  Women (9)
  
  Russians/Soviets (8)
  
  Children (7)
  
  Deportees (7)
  
  The Russians (7)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (6)
  
  The Church (5)
  
  Landowners (4)
  
  The elderly (3)
  
  Germans (3)
  
  The Elderly (3)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (2)
  
  Lithuanians (2)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (2)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (2)
  
  Prison Guard (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (25)
  
  Red Army (24)
  
  Lithuanians (16)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (12)
  
  Collaboration (10)
  
  Denunciation (9)
  
  Soviet Militia (6)
  
  Collaborators (1)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (65)
  
  Biological extermination (63)
  
  Arrest (46)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (43)
  
  Beating (31)
  
  Deportation/Exile (30)
  
  Cattle wagons (22)
  
  Punishment cell (20)
  
  Disarmament (16)
  
  Judicial crime (15)
  
  Robbery (10)
  
  Death by shooting (8)
  
  Air raids (3)
  
  Execution (3)
  
  Roads of death (3)
  
  Deportation (2)
  
  Armored weapons (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
Place
- Forced labor camps for POWs (31)
  
  Internment camp (27)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (25)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (19)
  
  Transit camp (19)
  
  Prison (16)
  
  Mine (10)
  
  NKVD custody suite (6)
  
  Kolkhoz (5)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (3)
Content
- Health service (50)
  
  Anders' Army (31)
  
  Amnesty (23)
  
  Polish culture in exile (18)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (17)
  
  Communist propaganda (16)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (16)
  
  Epidemics (10)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (8)
  
  Fourth deportation (3)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  First deportation (1)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (1)
  
  Military hospital (1)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (1)
  
  Students' Army Corps (1)
  
  Third deportation (1)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (1)
Object type
- Account (31)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (3)
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 (73)
Medium
- Text (73)
  
  Image (4)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (72)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (1)