„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)
- Adamski Antoni, 1894? (1)
  
  Adamski Antoni; 1894? (1)
  
  Alchimowicz Kazimierz; 1906 (1)
  
  Aleksiejewicz Józef (1)
  
  Anonymous (1)
  
  Arciszewski Jan, 1907, Pińsk (1)
  
  Babiński Henryk, 1911 (1)
  
  Badurak Bronislaw, 1905 (1)
  
  Badurak Bronisław; 1905 (1)
  
  Baka Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Bakun Wladyslaw, 1906 (1)
  
  Bakun Władysław; 1906 (1)
  
  Banaszkiewicz Jan, 1894 (1)
  
  Banaś Jan; 1893 (1)
  
  Baranowski Julian; 1902 (1)
  
  Barbachowski Wladyslaw; 1903 (1)
  
  Bardas Piotr; 1916, Görlitz (Germany) (1)
  
  Barna Teodor; 1900 (1)
  
  Baroni Jan; 1985 (1)
  
  Bartosiak Kazimierz; 1898 (1)
  
  Bartoszyński Józef; 1913 (1)
  
  Barwicki Władysław; 1898 (1)
  
  Barycki Stanisław; 1898 (1)
  
  Beker Władysław; 1911 (1)
  
  Bendowski Stefan; 1906 (1)
  
  Bereza Wladyslaw, 1899 (1)
  
  Bereziuk Marian, 1922 (1)
  
  Bernacki Michal, 1898 (1)
  
  Bernatowicz Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Bielecki Andrzej; 1893, Podhorce (1)
  
  Bielecki Lucjan, 1906 (1)
  
  Bielenia Maciej; 1899 (1)
  
  Bielonuzko Szymon, 1902 (1)
  
  Bielski Emil, 1898 (1)
  
  Bieniasiewicz Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Biełooki Wiktor; 1900 (1)
  
  Biełous Włodzimierz; 1904 (1)
  
  Bigoraj Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Binduga Władysław; 1915 (1)
  
  Binkiewicz Władysław; 1899? (1)
  
  Biskup Piotr, 1900 (1)
  
  Biś Teodor; 1901? (1)
  
  Blewąska Wincenty; 1900 (1)
  
  Bluszcz Aleksander; 1899 (1)
  
  Bobela Marian; 1893, Rozdół (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bober Kazimierz; 24.06.1899, Chłopy (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bobrowicz Nikodem; 1899? (1)
  
  Bobrzek Wladyslaw; 08.09.1899 (1)
  
  Bochenek Jan; 1898 (1)
  
  Bochenski Jan; 28.12.1901 (1)
  
  Bochnik Kasper, 1897 (1)
  
  Bochno Michał, 1903? (1)
  
  Bodnar Michał, 1899? (1)
  
  Boguski Aleksander, 1900 (1)
  
  Bogusz Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Bohotko Józef (1)
  
  Bojarski Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Bonchort Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Bondus Piotr, 1904? (1)
  
  Bongold Jakub; 1900 (1)
  
  Borasiński Jan; 15.08.1897, Goszczyno Górne (1)
  
  Borkowski Bronisław; 12.03.1912 (1)
  
  Borkowski Edward; 1892? (1)
  
  Boroch Michał; ? (1)
  
  Borowski Bolesław (1)
  
  Borowski Józef; 1901? (1)
  
  Borowy Władysław (1)
  
  Borys Piotr, 1901 (1)
  
  Borysiuk Mateusz; 1903? (1)
  
  Boryń Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Brachaniec Leon; 1897? (1)
  
  Bratkowski Jozef; 18.02.1906 (1)
  
  Bronis Piotr; 1903? (1)
  
  Brunstein Stanislaw; 27.10.1914 (1)
  
  Bryning Sylwester; 1898 (1)
  
  Brzozowski Stefan; 1900? (1)
  
  Brzuszkiewicz Jan (1)
  
  Bubniewicz Wladyslaw; 1898? (1)
  
  Bubrzycki Antoni (1)
  
  Buchwalter Fryderyk, 1912 (1)
  
  Buczkowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Buczynski Zbigniew; 1923? (1)
  
  Buczyński Michał; 28.09.1892 (1)
  
  Budzianowski Antoni; 1886 (1)
  
  Bugijczyk Eustachy; 13.07.1914 (1)
  
  Burawski Władysław (1)
  
  Burda Augustyn, 1901? (1)
  
  Burzawa Franciszek, 22.11.1892 (1)
  
  Butryk Stefan, 1897 (1)
  
  Butrymowicz Jan (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Byra Paweł, 1898 ? (1)
  
  Bysiewicz Alfred; 1895 (1)
  
  Byłek Michał, 1917? (1)
  
  Bławat Michał; 1896? (1)
  
  Błażek Władysław; 1897? (1)
  
  Capecki Franciszek; 1897 (1)
  
  Ceglarek Józef; 1909.02.28 (1)
  
  Cepil Feliks; 1899 (1)
  
  Chaczko Franciszek (1)
Subject
- The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (105)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (72)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (39)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (26)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (22)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (19)
  
  In exile – Siberia (17)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (14)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (14)
  
  In exile – Ural (13)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (12)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (11)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (10)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (9)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (4)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ryazan Oblast (3)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (2)
  
  Allied assistance from the air (1)
  
  Deported – the Volgograd Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Far East (1)
  
  In exile – Volgograd Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (83)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (67)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (57)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (38)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (35)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (27)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (25)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (25)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (25)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (24)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (22)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (22)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (22)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (20)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (19)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (18)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (17)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (16)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (14)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (14)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (14)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (14)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (13)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (13)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (13)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (13)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (12)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (12)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (11)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (11)
  
  Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) (11)
  
  Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (10)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (10)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (9)
  
  Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (9)
  
  Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) (9)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 (9)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (9)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (9)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (8)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (8)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (8)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (8)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (8)
  
  Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (8)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (8)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (8)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (7)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (7)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (7)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (7)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (7)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (7)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (7)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (6)
  
  Dubno (Ukraine), prison, Matczyńskie Street (Zamkowa Street) (6)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (6)
  
  Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 (6)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (6)
  
  Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 (6)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Kostopol (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp (5)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (5)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (5)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (5)
  
  Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Stryj (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Trybunalska Street (Ołesnyćkoho Street 4) (5)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (5)
  
  Unzhlag (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (5)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (5)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (5)
  
  Wójtowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (5)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) (5)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Zawóz (5)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (4)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (4)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (4)
  
  Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (4)
  
  Chełm (4)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (4)
  
  Drohiczyn (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Irkutsk (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Janów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (4)
  
  Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Karakub (Kalmiuske, Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (4)
  
  Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 (4)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) (4)
Victims
- The Poles (425)
  
  Civilians (313)
  
  The Civilian Population (313)
  
  Prisoners of War (138)
  
  The Jews (128)
  
  The Inteligentsia (123)
  
  Ukrainians (123)
  
  Deportees (115)
  
  Women (108)
  
  The sick (107)
  
  The Sick (106)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (101)
  
  Children (98)
  
  Russians/Soviets (84)
  
  Belarusians (70)
  
  The Russians (69)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (58)
  
  Policemen (58)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (49)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (42)
  
  The Elderly (38)
  
  The elderly (38)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (29)
  
  Internees (27)
  
  Lithuanians (17)
  
  Border Guard (16)
  
  The Church (16)
  
  Border Protection Corps (12)
  
  Germans (12)
  
  Landowners (9)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (8)
  
  Estonians (7)
  
  Latvians (6)
  
  Romanians (4)
  
  Finns (2)
  
  Georgians (1)
  
  Hungarians (1)
  
  Scouts (1)
Perpetrators
- Red Army (116)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (62)
  
  Denunciation (47)
  
  Collaboration (29)
  
  Soviet Militia (29)
  
  Lithuanians (20)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (20)
  
  Collaborators (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (1)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (1)
Crimes
- Biological extermination (399)
  
  Forced labor (399)
  
  Arrest (341)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (216)
  
  Beating (162)
  
  Deportation/Exile (154)
  
  Judicial crime (116)
  
  Punishment cell (101)
  
  Disarmament (96)
  
  Cattle wagons (90)
  
  Robbery (66)
  
  Death by shooting (41)
  
  Roads of death (22)
  
  Execution (20)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (7)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (5)
  
  Sovietization (5)
  
  Air raids (4)
  
  Forced voting (4)
  
  Collectivization (3)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (3)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (3)
  
  Desacration of corpses (2)
  
  Artillery fire (1)
  
  Artillery shelling (1)
  
  Death marches (1)
  
  Denationalization (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
  
  Round-up (1)
Place
- NKVD custody suite (131)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (120)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (102)
  
  Kolkhoz (89)
  
  Transit camp (84)
  
  Mine (51)
  
  Prison (33)
  
  Internment camp (23)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (19)
  
  Sovkhoz (12)
Content
- Health service (303)
  
  Amnesty (97)
  
  First deportation (72)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (62)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (51)
  
  Epidemics (47)
  
  Polish culture in exile (36)
  
  Third deportation (17)
  
  Fourth deportation (9)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (9)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (5)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (3)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (2)
  
  Students' Army Corps (2)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (1)
  
  Military hospital (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Polish Underground State (1)
  
  Underground culture and education (1)
  
  Underground media (1)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (1)
Object type
- Account (174)
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 (425)
Medium
- Text (425)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (392)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (27)