1. Name, surname, rank, age, occupation, and marital status:
Gunner Grzegorz Gregoryczyk, 36 years old, locksmith.
2. Date and circumstances of the arrest:
15 May 1940, on charges of collaborating with [illegible].
3. Name of the camp, prison, place of forced labor:
Prisons: Stanisławów, Kherson, Kharkiv. A camp in Komi ASSR, Ukhta.
4. Description of the camp, prison, place of forced labor:
Barracks, poverty, very bad hygiene.
5. Social composition of prisoners, deportees:
Mostly Poles, political prisoners. People of mixed backgrounds in the camp.
6. Life in the camp, prison:
No remuneration, bad food and clothes.
7. Attitude of the NKVD towards Poles:
Beating and tortures were used to extort testimony. For example, cold water dripping on an immobilized person for 15 minutes, etc. News about Poland – two letters, from my brother and father.
8. Medical assistance, hospitals, mortality:
High mortality. There were hospitals, the doctors were often Polish.
9. Was it possible to keep in touch with the home country and your family?
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10. When were you released and how did you join the army?
Released on 22 August 1941. I joined the Polish Army, the 8th Infantry Division, as a volunteer in Chokpak.