Jan Czarnecki, born in 1915, I lived with my family on a farm in the district of Brześć on the Bug River, Polesie District, unmarried.
I was arrested on 20 June 1941 and deported to Siberia under the following conditions. The Soviets had a vote in 1940. My family and I did not want to vote. They forced us to vote, and on the day my family went, they threatened that they would arrest my parents if I tried to leave. I was arrested and deported on 20 June 1941 for voting.
The attitude of the Soviet authorities was very bad. We were locked up as we travelled. The carriages were screwed shut and they gave us food once every three days. We relieved ourselves in the carriage. They did not let us out of the wagon for fresh air for five day, and the windows in the train were closed. The carriages were dirty cargo cars. They called us Polish whores and mugs. When we brought this up with the NKVD, they beat defenseless Polish women and innocent children. They treated us worse than dogs.
They transported us to Siberia, gathered the Poles in the open air, and left the children and the elderly in the cold and the rain for five days until they could build the barracks.
We were permitted to buy 500 grams of bread, nothing else. Interpersonal relations were quite good. I performed heavy labor as a quarryman, slaking lime. We worked for 11 to 12 hours a day. We were paid 3–3.5 rubles per day.
Moreover, 10–30% of people died because of the filth and poverty. They gave no medical aid; they said that they would not treat Polish dogs. I have finished writing.
Who praises Russia, may he be struck down by lightning!
Barnaul, Altai Krai near Novosibirsk; I worked there until the amnesty.