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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Aleksiejuk Mieczysław, 1908.05.03 (1)
  
  Ambroziak Jan (1)
  
  Arociak (1)
  
  Baran Jan, 1906.02.04 (1)
  
  Bartosiewicz Marcin, 1908 (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bielecki Andrzej; 1893, Podhorce (1)
  
  Biełooki Wiktor; 1900 (1)
  
  Biełous Włodzimierz; 1904 (1)
  
  Bober Kazimierz; 24.06.1899, Chłopy (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bobrow Eugeniusz, 1906 (1)
  
  Bohdziewicz Jan, 1891? (1)
  
  Bolesław Rafał; 1901 (1)
  
  Borowy Władysław (1)
  
  Buchwalter Fryderyk, 1912 (1)
  
  Buczyński Michał; 28.09.1892 (1)
  
  Budzianowski Antoni; 1886 (1)
  
  Burawski Władysław (1)
  
  Busk Kazimierz; 09.01.1915, Kielce (1)
  
  Celiński Czesław; 15.11.1900 (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chodorowski Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Chodynicki Aleksander (1)
  
  Chojecka Maria; 11.03.1903 (1)
  
  Choma Piotr (1)
  
  Chołubko Jan, 1911 (1)
  
  Cieplik Marian; 24.02.1894 (1)
  
  Cudziło Władysław; 23.03.1909, Wodzianów (1)
  
  Cupryk Wladysław; 1916 (1)
  
  Cybański Adam; 1907? (1)
  
  Czajkowski Aleksander (1)
  
  Czaplicki Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Czekaj Eugeniusz (1)
  
  Czerniewski Andrzej, 1897.11.22 (1)
  
  Dilny Ilko, 1899.08.02 (1)
  
  Drabek Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Drozd Piotr, 1898 (1)
  
  Drozdowicz Józef (1)
  
  Dzikowski Henryk; 20.05.1922 (1)
  
  Eilsztein Dawid, 1909 (1)
  
  Fabjańczyk Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Feliksiak Jan, 1904 (1)
  
  Feret Antoni; 1916? (1)
  
  Fieglar Jakub, 1886 (1)
  
  Flasza Józef; 13.01.1900, Tarnów (1)
  
  Flint Szmul; 1920? (1)
  
  Forgacz Florian, 19.09.1911; Jezupol (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Franusiak Kazimierz (1)
  
  Gantek Władysław; 30.12.1896 (1)
  
  Garbarz Szmul, 1902 (1)
  
  Gburz Mikołaj; 1909 (1)
  
  Gincza Bogusław; 1925? (1)
  
  Gmaj Józef, 1897 (1)
  
  Grabowski Józef (1)
  
  Gugała Władysław; 1923 (1)
  
  Gurdak Michał; 1913 (1)
  
  Gutkowska Teresa, 06.12.1930 (1)
  
  Górski Stanisław; 1903 (1)
  
  Hamuda Czesław (1)
  
  Holender Adam (1)
  
  Hołubowicz Hieronim; 1918? (1)
  
  Hutkaj Stefan (1)
  
  Jaciuk-Jaciukiewicz Helena; 1917? (1)
  
  Jancewicz Aleksander; 1904? (1)
  
  Jankowski Zbigniew; 1925? (1)
  
  Janowicz Marian; 14.08.1901 (1)
  
  Jaroszewicz Kazimierz (1)
  
  Jasiewicz Władysław (1)
  
  Jaworski Zygmunt; 1913? (1)
  
  Jańczyk Wacław (1)
  
  Jędrzejewski Jan; 1903? (1)
  
  Kaczmarek Telesfor; 26.12.1910 (1)
  
  Kalbarczyk Aleksander; 21.03.1901 (1)
  
  Kania Stanisław; 1924? (1)
  
  Klima Mieczysław; 1923? (1)
  
  Klimow Dymitr; 21.09.1912 (1)
  
  Kotulski Andrzej; 1904? (1)
  
  Koziarz Franciszek (1)
  
  Kozicki Władysław (1)
  
  Kozicz Ryszard; 1898? (1)
  
  Kuczkowski Ludwik (1)
  
  Kwasiński Władysław; 1890 (1)
  
  Künstler Stanisław (1)
  
  Lenc Józef; 19.03.1924; Jadwigin (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Lenczewski Waclaw;14.07.1910 (1)
  
  Lewandowski Bonifacy (1)
  
  Maciejewski Feliks (1)
  
  Majsy Henryk (1)
  
  Małkiewicz Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Medwid Stanisław; 1920? (1)
  
  Mihułka Tadeusz (1)
  
  Morawski Witold (1)
  
  Murawski Henryk (1)
  
  Niemirowski Józef, 1920 (1)
  
  Nowak Paweł, 1904 (1)
  
  Nowak Władysław; 1899 (1)
  
  Nowicki Bernard; 1891 (1)
  
  Nowojczyk Zenon, 1916 (1)
  
  Olesiuk Stefan (1)
  
  Orzechowski (Dżumała) Bronisław; 1918? (1)
Subject
- In exile – Central Asia (28)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (27)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (22)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (19)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (17)
  
  In exile – Siberia (13)
  
  In exile – Ural (11)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (10)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (9)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (8)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (7)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (7)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (4)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Far East (2)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (2)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (2)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (1)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  Poles saving Jews – Volhynia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Sverdlovsk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Vologda Oblast (1)
  
  The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (37)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (30)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (27)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (23)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (15)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (14)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (11)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (11)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (10)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (10)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (9)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (7)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (7)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (7)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (6)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (6)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (6)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (6)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (5)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (5)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (5)
  
  Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) (5)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (5)
  
  Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 (5)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Czortków (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (4)
  
  Kołomyja (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 (4)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine), Prison no 2, Zamarstynowska Street 7/9 (4)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (4)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (4)
  
  Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (4)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (4)
  
  Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (3)
  
  Aykino (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Białystok (3)
  
  Borysów (Belarus) (3)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (3)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), prison, Zygmuntowska Street (Marx Street 86-88) (3)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (3)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (3)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Karlag (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (3)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (3)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Ostróg (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street (3)
  
  Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Republic of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) (3)
  
  Shahrisabz (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Vologda (Russia), NKVD prison (Gorne-Uspensky Convent), Burmaginy Street 19 (3)
  
  Warsaw (3)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Yaroslavl (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) (3)
  
  Śniatyń (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Aktyubinsk (Aktobe, Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Barysaw (Belarus) (2)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (2)
  
  Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) (2)
  
  Bielbaltlag (Russia, Karelian ASSR) (2)
  
  Brody (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (2)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Buczacz (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (2)
Victims
- The Poles (226)
  
  Civilians (207)
  
  The Civilian Population (187)
  
  Deportees (128)
  
  Women (125)
  
  Children (106)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (101)
  
  Ukrainians (81)
  
  The Inteligentsia (80)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (66)
  
  The sick (63)
  
  The Sick (60)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (58)
  
  The Jews (54)
  
  The elderly (47)
  
  Russians/Soviets (46)
  
  The Elderly (45)
  
  Policemen (38)
  
  The Russians (38)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (31)
  
  Prisoners of War (31)
  
  Belarusians (27)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (15)
  
  The Church (13)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (12)
  
  Lithuanians (10)
  
  Landowners (9)
  
  Germans (7)
  
  Border Guard (6)
  
  Border Protection Corps (6)
  
  Latvians (4)
  
  Estonians (3)
  
  Internees (2)
  
  Romanians (2)
  
  Czechs (1)
  
  Finns (1)
  
  Prison Guard (1)
Perpetrators
- Soviet Militia (227)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (63)
  
  People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (59)
  
  Denunciation (34)
  
  Red Army (34)
  
  Collaboration (32)
  
  Collaborators (6)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (4)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (3)
  
  Lithuanians (1)
  
  The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (207)
  
  Biological extermination (202)
  
  Arrest (171)
  
  Deportation/Exile (169)
  
  Cattle wagons (107)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (103)
  
  Beating (94)
  
  Judicial crime (86)
  
  Robbery (70)
  
  Punishment cell (50)
  
  Death by shooting (23)
  
  Sovietization (18)
  
  Execution (15)
  
  Forced voting (14)
  
  Disarmament (13)
  
  Roads of death (12)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (10)
  
  Deportation (8)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (7)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (6)
  
  Round-up (6)
  
  Air raids (3)
  
  Collectivization (3)
  
  Desacration of corpses (3)
  
  Armored weapons (2)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (2)
  
  Administrative persecution (1)
  
  Denationalization (1)
  
  Displacement (1)
  
  Expulsion (1)
  
  Germanization (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (84)
  
  Kolkhoz (72)
  
  Prison (70)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (53)
  
  NKVD custody suite (48)
  
  Mine (21)
  
  Sovkhoz (15)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (14)
  
  Transit camp (11)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (9)
  
  Internment camp (2)
  
  Ghetto (1)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Siberia (1)
Content
- Health service (136)
  
  Amnesty (77)
  
  Anders' Army (76)
  
  First deportation (68)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (47)
  
  Epidemics (43)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (35)
  
  Polish culture in exile (28)
  
  Communist propaganda (26)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (13)
  
  Second deportation (12)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (9)
  
  Third deportation (9)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (8)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (5)
  
  Students' Army Corps (4)
  
  Fourth deportation (3)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (2)
  
  Military hospital (2)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Central Welfare Council (1)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Judenrat (1)
  
  Rescue of Jews (1)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (1)
Object type
- Account (120)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (5)
  
  Brief (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 (225)
  
  Committee for the Commemoration of Poles who Saved Jews (1)
  
  Katyn Museum (1)
Medium
- Text (227)
  
  Image (4)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (223)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (4)