„Chronicles of Terror”. Base of testimonies of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor

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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Balawajder Franciszek (1)
  
  Baranowski Julian (1)
  
  Barszcz Aleksander (1)
  
  Bazylewicz Aleksy, 1892 (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Jan (1)
  
  Bednarz Marian (1)
  
  Bodnar Mikołaj (1)
  
  Borejko Anton (1)
  
  Bryja Joachim (1)
  
  Buczyński Tadeusz, 1923 (1)
  
  Bujko Henryk (1)
  
  Chamot Bolesław (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chmielewska Władysława, 1918.01.25 (1)
  
  Chodorowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Chodorowski Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Chodynicki Aleksander (1)
  
  Choma Piotr (1)
  
  Chomicz Franciszek; 1900 (1)
  
  Chudyk Piotr, 1922 (1)
  
  Chuzal Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Chyliński Aleksander, 1914.05.24 (1)
  
  Chłus Szymon (1)
  
  Ciesielski Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Cioch Franciszek, 1897 (1)
  
  Cybulski Józef (1)
  
  Cyganiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Czarniecki Kazimierz, 1912.12.02 (1)
  
  Czekaj Eugeniusz (1)
  
  Czerniecki Zbigniew (1)
  
  Czernuszczyk Paweł, 1917.08.22 (1)
  
  Deputat Włodzimierz (1)
  
  Dobosz Franciszek (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Dreszler Bernard, 1894 (1)
  
  Drozd Piotr, 1898 (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)
  
  Dąbrowski Jan (1)
  
  Ebert Ernest, 1904.07.09 (1)
  
  Eilsztein Dawid, 1909 (1)
  
  Esman Wladysław (1)
  
  Fabjańczyk Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Feldman Tyburcjusz, 1895 (1)
  
  Feliksiak Jan, 1904 (1)
  
  Ficek Władysław, 1898.05.21 (1)
  
  Fieglar Jakub, 1886 (1)
  
  Fijakowski Błażej (1)
  
  Filipowicz Władysław, 1894.09.22 (1)
  
  Finkler Gustaw (1)
  
  Forysz Piotr, 1901 (1)
  
  Gac Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Garbarz Szmul, 1902 (1)
  
  Garguliński Antoni, 1898.06.06 (1)
  
  Gau Józef; 1897.05.05 (1)
  
  Gaudurski Szczepan, 1895 (1)
  
  Gazda Antoni, 1891 (1)
  
  Glejzer Władysław; 1889 (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)
  
  Hamuda Czesław (1)
  
  Haniewicz Witold, 1916 (1)
  
  Jan Chwastek; 1900.01.06 (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)
  
  Marcjoniak Antoni (1)
  
  Marszycki Bolesław; 1898 (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)
Subject
- In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (44)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (33)
  
  In exile – Siberia (27)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (24)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (22)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (18)
  
  In exile – Ural (14)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (9)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (9)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (9)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (8)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (7)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (6)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – 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)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (2)
  
  The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (2)
  
  In exile – Far East (1)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Republic of Mordovia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Vologda Oblast (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 (30)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (28)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (27)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (26)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (22)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (20)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (17)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (16)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (15)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (15)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (13)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (11)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (10)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (9)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (9)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (9)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (8)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (8)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (7)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (7)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (6)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (6)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (6)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (6)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (6)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (6)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (6)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (5)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (5)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (5)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (5)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (5)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Białystok (4)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (4)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (4)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (4)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 (4)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (4)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) (4)
  
  Tomsk (Russia, Tomsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp (4)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (4)
  
  Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Warsaw (4)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (4)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (4)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Yaroslavl (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) (4)
  
  Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Aktobe (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (3)
  
  Brody (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (3)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan), train station (3)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (3)
  
  Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 (3)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Kraslag (Krasnoyarsk Krai) (3)
  
  Maykain (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (3)
  
  Orsha (Belarus) (3)
  
  Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Przemyśl (3)
  
  Quizil Ribat (Iraq) (3)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Sarny (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
Victims
- The Poles (283)
  
  Civilians (242)
  
  The Civilian Population (218)
  
  Deportees (192)
  
  Women (175)
  
  Children (153)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (151)
  
  The sick (76)
  
  The Inteligentsia (75)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (72)
  
  The Sick (70)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (69)
  
  Policemen (69)
  
  Ukrainians (58)
  
  The Jews (54)
  
  The elderly (53)
  
  The Elderly (50)
  
  Russians/Soviets (38)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (37)
  
  Internees (36)
  
  Prisoners of War (31)
  
  Border Guard (26)
  
  The Russians (25)
  
  Belarusians (24)
  
  Lithuanians (16)
  
  Border Protection Corps (12)
  
  Landowners (12)
  
  The Church (11)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (10)
  
  Germans (5)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (5)
  
  Estonians (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
Perpetrators
- NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (283)
  
  Soviet Militia (63)
  
  Red Army (55)
  
  Denunciation (50)
  
  Lithuanians (29)
  
  Collaboration (23)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (9)
  
  Collaborators (4)
  
  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 labor (269)
  
  Biological extermination (266)
  
  Deportation/Exile (189)
  
  Arrest (181)
  
  Cattle wagons (145)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (91)
  
  Judicial crime (76)
  
  Beating (75)
  
  Robbery (69)
  
  Punishment cell (49)
  
  Death by shooting (22)
  
  Disarmament (16)
  
  Sovietization (15)
  
  Roads of death (13)
  
  Air raids (12)
  
  Execution (11)
  
  Forced voting (10)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (7)
  
  Desacration of corpses (6)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (6)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (5)
  
  Round-up (4)
  
  Collectivization (3)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (2)
  
  Artillery fire (1)
  
  Artillery shelling (1)
  
  Deportation (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (133)
  
  Kolkhoz (95)
  
  NKVD custody suite (57)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (46)
  
  Transit camp (38)
  
  Prison (34)
  
  Internment camp (33)
  
  Mine (28)
  
  Sovkhoz (17)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (2)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (2)
  
  Concentration camp (1)
Content
- Health service (179)
  
  First deportation (102)
  
  Amnesty (70)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (57)
  
  Epidemics (52)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (42)
  
  Polish culture in exile (33)
  
  Third deportation (19)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (19)
  
  Fourth deportation (18)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (11)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (6)
  
  Anders' Army (4)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (4)
  
  Students' Army Corps (4)
  
  Military hospital (3)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (3)
  
  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 (202)
  
  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 (281)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom (2)
Medium
- Text (283)
  
  Image (1)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (274)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (9)