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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Urbanowicz Jan (2)
  
  Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Balawajder Franciszek (1)
  
  Baranowski Julian (1)
  
  Barszcz Aleksander (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Jan (1)
  
  Bednarz Marian (1)
  
  Bodnar Mikołaj (1)
  
  Borejko Anton (1)
  
  Bryja Joachim (1)
  
  Bujko Henryk (1)
  
  Chamot Bolesław (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chodynicki Aleksander (1)
  
  Chomicz Franciszek; 1900 (1)
  
  Chłus Szymon (1)
  
  Ciesielski Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Cioch Franciszek, 1897 (1)
  
  Cybulski Józef (1)
  
  Cyganiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Czekaj Eugeniusz (1)
  
  Deputat Włodzimierz (1)
  
  Dobosz Franciszek (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Dworzak Bazyli; 1898.12.25 (1)
  
  Dyczewski Edward; 1899 (1)
  
  Dziad Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Dzietkowicz Piotr; 1894 (1)
  
  Dzik Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Dąbal Tomasz; 1897 (1)
  
  Ebert Ernest, 1904.07.09 (1)
  
  Eilsztein Dawid, 1909 (1)
  
  Esman Wladysław (1)
  
  Fabjańczyk Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Feliksiak Jan, 1904 (1)
  
  Fieglar Jakub, 1886 (1)
  
  Forysz Piotr, 1901 (1)
  
  Gac Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Garbarz Szmul, 1902 (1)
  
  Garguliński Antoni, 1898.06.06 (1)
  
  Gaudurski Szczepan, 1895 (1)
  
  Gazda Antoni, 1891 (1)
  
  Gmaj Józef, 1897 (1)
  
  Gobkowicz Grzegorz (1)
  
  Goldberger Józef (1)
  
  Goldfarb Pinkus (1)
  
  Grosman Hersz, 1915 (1)
  
  Gryłka Jan (1)
  
  Gwóźdź Wincenty; 1895 (1)
  
  Głowacki Tadeusz, 1905 (1)
  
  Głośny Stanisław, 1906 (1)
  
  Janczulewicz Hieronim; 1899 (1)
  
  Jarzębski Andrzej; 1896 (1)
  
  Jańczyk Wacław (1)
  
  Juchniewicz Bolesław (1)
  
  Juszczyk Mieczysław; 15.08.1905, Łódź (1)
  
  Józefczyk Wojciech; 1896.11.14 (1)
  
  Kwasiński Władysław; 1890 (1)
  
  Künstler Stanisław (1)
  
  Lisek Adam; 1924? (1)
  
  Marciniak Józef; 1891 (1)
  
  Małkiewicz Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Mihułka Tadeusz (1)
  
  Milgram Izrael (1)
  
  Mirańczyk Stanisław (1)
  
  Miłosz Jan; 1897 (1)
  
  Molus Stanisław (1)
  
  Moszkowicz Dawid (1)
  
  Mołczadski Mordka (1)
  
  Muracz Franciszek (1)
  
  Muras Jan (1)
  
  Murawski Henryk (1)
  
  Młynarz Jakub; 1920.01.03 (1)
  
  Niedzielski Władysław (1)
  
  Nojek Leonard; 1893 (1)
  
  Noszczyński Bolesław (1)
  
  Nowak Jan (1)
  
  Nowak Józef; 1896 (1)
  
  Nowicki Antoni; 1897 (1)
  
  Pagieła Karol; 1900.10.17 (1)
  
  Parys Zygmunt (1)
  
  Paszkiewicz Michał (1)
  
  Pawłowicz Julian; 1895.04.14 (1)
  
  Pieleszek Helena; 1901 (1)
  
  Pieniaka Franciszek; 1919.03.18 (1)
  
  Piotrowski Lucjan; 1910 (1)
  
  Piątek M. (1)
  
  Plichta Józef; 1900 (1)
  
  Popiel Józef (1)
  
  Popko Jan (1)
  
  Porowski Władysław (1)
  
  Puchera Józef (1)
  
  Płonka Szymon (1)
  
  Rafinski Aleksander (1)
  
  Rojek Jerzy; 1925 (1)
  
  Rojko Józef (1)
  
  Sidorowicz Zenon (1)
  
  Suchocki Franciszek (1)
  
  Swoboda Józef (1)
Subject
- In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (42)
  
  In exile – Siberia (25)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (22)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (18)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (16)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (15)
  
  In exile – Ural (13)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (9)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (8)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (7)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (5)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (2)
  
  The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (2)
  
  In exile – Far East (1)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Vologda Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (25)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (24)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (23)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (19)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (19)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (18)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (15)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (13)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (13)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (12)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (11)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (9)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (8)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (8)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (8)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (7)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (7)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (7)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (6)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (6)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (5)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (5)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (5)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (5)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (5)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (4)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (4)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (4)
  
  Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 (4)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) (4)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Tomsk (Russia, Tomsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (4)
  
  Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (4)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (4)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (4)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (3)
  
  Białystok (3)
  
  Brody (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (3)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (3)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan), train station (3)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (3)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (3)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (3)
  
  Kraslag (Krasnoyarsk Krai) (3)
  
  Maykain (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (3)
  
  Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Orsha (Belarus) (3)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Sarny (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (3)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Warsaw (3)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (3)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), NKVD Headquarters (Regional Court), Ofiarna Street 94 (Aukų Street 2a) (3)
  
  Yaroslavl (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) (3)
  
  Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Aktobe (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (2)
  
  Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Dubno (Ukraine), prison, Matczyńskie Street (Zamkowa Street) (2)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (2)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Jazłowiec (Ukraine) (2)
Victims
- The Poles (234)
  
  The Civilian Population (203)
  
  Deportees (166)
  
  Women (151)
  
  Children (133)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (126)
  
  The Sick (67)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (63)
  
  The Inteligentsia (62)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (56)
  
  Policemen (55)
  
  Ukrainians (51)
  
  The Jews (47)
  
  The Elderly (46)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (32)
  
  Russians/Soviets (30)
  
  Internees (27)
  
  Prisoners of War (27)
  
  The Russians (25)
  
  Belarusians (20)
  
  Border Guard (15)
  
  Lithuanians (15)
  
  Landowners (12)
  
  Border Protection Corps (10)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (10)
  
  The Church (6)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (4)
  
  Germans (3)
  
  Estonians (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
Perpetrators
- NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (234)
  
  Soviet Militia (48)
  
  Red Army (47)
  
  Denunciation (39)
  
  Lithuanians (25)
  
  Collaboration (19)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (7)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (4)
  
  People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (3)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Military Police (2)
  
  The Volksdeutsche/The Volksliste (1)
Crimes
- Forced Labour (222)
  
  Biological extermination (218)
  
  Deportation/Exile (164)
  
  Arrest (154)
  
  Cattle wagons (128)
  
  Brutal Interrogation/Tortures (68)
  
  Beatings (62)
  
  Robbery (59)
  
  Judicial crime (53)
  
  Punishment cell (39)
  
  Shooting (18)
  
  Sovietization (14)
  
  Disarmament (13)
  
  Forced voting (9)
  
  Execution (8)
  
  Roads of death (8)
  
  Air raids (7)
  
  Desacration of corpses (6)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (6)
  
  Round-up (5)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (4)
  
  Collectivization (3)
  
  Artillery fire (1)
  
  Deportation (1)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (120)
  
  Kolkhoz (83)
  
  NKVD custody suite (42)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (36)
  
  Transit camp (32)
  
  Internment camp (25)
  
  Mine (24)
  
  Prison (20)
  
  Sovkhoz (14)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (2)
  
  Concentration camp (1)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
Content
- Health service (149)
  
  First deportation (71)
  
  Amnesty (65)
  
  Epidemics (42)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (39)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (35)
  
  Polish culture in exile (27)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (16)
  
  Third deportation (15)
  
  Fourth deportation (14)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (9)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (5)
  
  Anders' Army (4)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (4)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (3)
  
  Students' Army Corps (3)
  
  Military hospital (2)
  
  Pacification of rural areas (2)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (2)
  
  Blue police (Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement) (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Polish Underground State (1)
  
  Underground media (1)
Object type
- Account (131)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (2)
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 (232)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom (2)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (229)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (4)