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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Adamski Antoni, 1894? (1)
  
  Adamski Antoni; 1894? (1)
  
  Aftergut Bronisław; 1893? (1)
  
  Aksnowicz Alfons; 21.01.1920 (1)
  
  Aktanarowicz Mieczysław; 1923? (1)
  
  Aleksandrów Władysław; 1919? (1)
  
  Amanowicz Kazimierz; 1922? (1)
  
  Arciszewski Franciszek; 02.11.1908, Łódź (1)
  
  Arciszewski Jan, 1907, Pińsk (1)
  
  Augustowicz Bolesław; 1912 (1)
  
  Badurak Brosnislaw, 1905 (1)
  
  Badurak Brosnisław; 1905 (1)
  
  Balawajder Franciszek (1)
  
  Balińska Janina; 19.03.1905, Częstochowa (1)
  
  Baranowski Antoni; 1905 (1)
  
  Barna Teodor; 1900 (1)
  
  Bartkiewicz Władysław; 1918?, Delatyn (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bartkiewicz Władysław; 1918?, Delatyn (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bauer Ludmiła; 28.01.1922 (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarski Bronisław (1)
  
  Bendowski Stefan; 1906 (1)
  
  Bibiło Jadwiga; 11.07.1922, Nacewicze (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Biel Ferdynand; 1898? (1)
  
  Bielecki Lucjan, 1906 (1)
  
  Biełous Włodzimierz; 1904 (1)
  
  Biliński Ludwik; 1919? (1)
  
  Biłyk Stefan (1)
  
  Biś Teodor; 1901? (1)
  
  Bloch Ilia; 1912? (1)
  
  Bochnik Kasper, 1897 (1)
  
  Boguski Aleksander, 1900 (1)
  
  Bohdziewicz Jan, 1891? (1)
  
  Bojda Ferdynand; 1921? (1)
  
  Borasińska Helena; 05.05.1898, Goszczyno (Płocki county) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasiński Jan; 15.08.1897, Goszczyno Górne (1)
  
  Borger Ludwik; 1915? (1)
  
  Borysiuk Mateusz; 1903? (1)
  
  Boryń Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Brunstein Stanislaw; 27.10.1914 (1)
  
  Bryja Joachim (1)
  
  Bubniewicz Wladyslaw; 1898? (1)
  
  Buczynski Zbigniew; 1923? (1)
  
  Buczyński Michał; 28.09.1892 (1)
  
  Budzianowski Antoni; 1886 (1)
  
  Budzyń Leokadia; 03.03.1924, Hallerowo (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Busk Kazimierz; 09.01.1915, Kielce (1)
  
  Błażek Władysław; 1897? (1)
  
  Celiński Czesław; 15.11.1900 (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chełchowski Jan (1)
  
  Chmura Wiktor; 1919? (1)
  
  Chodorowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Chojnacki Bolesław, 1897 (1)
  
  Choma Piotr (1)
  
  Chudecki Tadeusz (1)
  
  Chudoń Marian; 23.01.1909 (1)
  
  Chydzik Wilhelmina (1)
  
  Chłebiuk Maksym; 1893 (1)
  
  Cieślak Jan; 1905 (1)
  
  Ciulik Fryderyk;1917.01.18 (1)
  
  Cybański Adam; 1907? (1)
  
  Cyran Marian (1)
  
  Czajkowski Leon; 10.01.1913, Dobra (1)
  
  Czaplicki Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Czartowski Czesław, 1898 (1)
  
  Czekałowska Irena (1)
  
  Czosyk Elżbieta; 1916, Chorostków (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Czosyk Elżbieta; 1916, Chorostków (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Dawidowicz Edward; 06.04.1922 (1)
  
  Debko Józef; 1903 (1)
  
  Dmowski Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Dobosz Franciszek (1)
  
  Dobosz Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Domagalski Władysław; 1898.03.14 (1)
  
  Duda Ferdynand (1)
  
  Dybowski Stefan (1)
  
  Dygul Stanisław; 1898 (1)
  
  Dymiński Stanisław; 1895 (1)
  
  Dziedziejew Zofia; 15.07.1908 (1)
  
  Dziekońska Stefania; 1921? (1)
  
  Dzik Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Dąbal Tomasz; 1897 (1)
  
  Fabian Jan, 1911 (1)
  
  Feliksiak Jan, 1904 (1)
  
  Figiel Helena; 04.10.1921, Obroszyn (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Focht Stanisław, 1897 (1)
  
  Friedenberg Stanisław; 1919? (1)
  
  Gac Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Gamuń Wladysław, 1902 (1)
  
  Garguliński Antoni, 1898.06.06 (1)
  
  Gaweł Stanisław; 1920? (1)
  
  Gawęda Stanisław, 1923 (1)
  
  Gałuszewski Kazimierz; 1899.03.04 (1)
  
  Goldberg Michał; 1913? (1)
  
  Goldberger Józef (1)
  
  Goreglad Jan; 17.08.1918 (1)
  
  Greif Wilhelm; 1899 (1)
Subject
- A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (63)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (54)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (32)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (31)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (24)
  
  In exile – Siberia (23)
  
  In exile – Ural (16)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (12)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (10)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (9)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (8)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (5)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (4)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Far East (1)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (75)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (58)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (42)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (36)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (36)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (34)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (20)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (16)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (16)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (16)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (15)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (15)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (15)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (14)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (14)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (13)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (13)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (13)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (11)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) (10)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (10)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (9)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (8)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (8)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (8)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (8)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (7)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (7)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (7)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (7)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine), Prison no 2, Zamarstynowska Street 7/9 (7)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (7)
  
  Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) (7)
  
  Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Tehran (Iran) (7)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (6)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (6)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (6)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (6)
  
  Kitab (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (6)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (6)
  
  Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (6)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (6)
  
  Republic of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (6)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (6)
  
  Tomsk (Russia, Tomsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) (6)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (5)
  
  Białystok (5)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (5)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street (5)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (5)
  
  Yertsevo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (4)
  
  Czortków (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (4)
  
  Kołomyja (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, aleja Wolności (Lesi Ukrainki Street 32) (4)
  
  Krasnoyarsk (Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai) (4)
  
  Krutaya (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Leningrad (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (4)
  
  Lwów (Ukraine), prison, Jachowicza Street 5 (Kuczery Street 5) (4)
  
  Magadan (Russia, Magadan Oblast) (4)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 (4)
  
  Sambor (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Drohobycka Street (4)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Shahrisabz (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Vladivostok (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (4)
  
  Warsaw (4)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Akmolinsk (Astana, Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Andijan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (3)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (3)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (3)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (3)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (3)
  
  Farab (Otrar, Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan), train station (3)
  
  Frunze (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) (3)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (3)
  
  Jizzakh (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Karabash (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (3)
Victims
- The Poles (330)
  
  Civilians (307)
  
  The Civilian Population (294)
  
  Women (172)
  
  Deportees (160)
  
  Children (128)
  
  The Inteligentsia (124)
  
  The sick (99)
  
  The Sick (96)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (94)
  
  Ukrainians (94)
  
  Russians/Soviets (88)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (79)
  
  The Russians (76)
  
  The Jews (73)
  
  The elderly (60)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (60)
  
  The Elderly (60)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (37)
  
  Belarusians (34)
  
  Policemen (30)
  
  Prisoners of War (27)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (21)
  
  Landowners (17)
  
  Germans (14)
  
  Lithuanians (14)
  
  The Church (14)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (11)
  
  Border Protection Corps (8)
  
  Internees (8)
  
  Estonians (7)
  
  Czechs (5)
  
  Border Guard (4)
  
  Latvians (4)
  
  Hungarians (2)
  
  Romanians (2)
  
  Finns (1)
  
  Prison Guard (1)
  
  Scouts (1)
  
  The British (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (101)
  
  Soviet Militia (46)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (41)
  
  Red Army (38)
  
  Denunciation (36)
  
  Collaboration (20)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (14)
  
  Lithuanians (9)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (4)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (2)
  
  Administrative Police (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (311)
  
  Biological extermination (300)
  
  Arrest (246)
  
  Deportation/Exile (234)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (149)
  
  Beating (133)
  
  Cattle wagons (119)
  
  Judicial crime (102)
  
  Punishment cell (85)
  
  Robbery (66)
  
  Death by shooting (23)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (22)
  
  Execution (17)
  
  Sovietization (17)
  
  Deportation (13)
  
  Disarmament (10)
  
  Forced voting (9)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (7)
  
  Desacration of corpses (5)
  
  Roads of death (5)
  
  Air raids (3)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (3)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (3)
  
  Mass graves (2)
  
  Armored weapons (1)
  
  Collectivization (1)
  
  Cremation (1)
  
  Cremation of corpses (1)
  
  Displacement (1)
  
  Expulsion (1)
  
  Rape (1)
  
  Round-up (1)
Place
- Kolkhoz (115)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (110)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (100)
  
  Prison (94)
  
  NKVD custody suite (56)
  
  Sovkhoz (26)
  
  Mine (18)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (17)
  
  Transit camp (14)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (7)
  
  Internment camp (6)
  
  Siberia (3)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
Content
- Hindering reaching Anders' Army (330)
  
  Health service (208)
  
  Anders' Army (155)
  
  Amnesty (146)
  
  First deportation (84)
  
  Epidemics (81)
  
  Communist propaganda (59)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (51)
  
  Polish culture in exile (45)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (31)
  
  Second deportation (30)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (25)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (20)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (13)
  
  Third deportation (12)
  
  Fourth deportation (11)
  
  Military hospital (7)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (3)
  
  Civil resistance (3)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (2)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (2)
  
  Students' Army Corps (2)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  Underground media (2)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (1)
Object type
- Account (144)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (7)
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 (330)
Medium
- Text (330)
  
  Image (9)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (326)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (4)