“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)
- Nita Maria, 04.07.1919 (2)
  
  Puka Stanisław; 24.03.1921 (2)
  
  Abramowicz Bronisław; 07.09.1911, Wzgórze–Bełżyce (1)
  
  Aftergut Bronisław; 1893? (1)
  
  Aleksandrów Władysław; 1919? (1)
  
  Aleksiejuk Mieczysław, 1908.05.03 (1)
  
  Andronowski Jan; 1922 (1)
  
  Arciszewski Franciszek; 02.11.1908, Łódź (1)
  
  Augustyn Bolesław; 1902 (1)
  
  Badach Julian, 05.10.1918 Sulmice (1)
  
  Baka Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Balawajder Franciszek (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1909 (1)
  
  Balter Berek; 15.01.1910 (1)
  
  Banasiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Banaś Jan; 1893 (1)
  
  Banaś Stanisław; 1899 (1)
  
  Banaś Stanisław; 1899?, Brynica (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Baranowski Julian (1)
  
  Bardas Piotr; 1916, Görlitz (Germany) (1)
  
  Barna Teodor; 1900 (1)
  
  Baroni Jan; 1985 (1)
  
  Bartoszewicz Emilia; 09.11.1915 (1)
  
  Baszker Fiyszel, 1899.08.06 (1)
  
  Batory Nadzieja; 1923?, Płaszówka (now: Ukraine, Rivne Oblast) (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Czesław (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Jan (1)
  
  Bednarska Wanda; 16.06.1912, Suchedniów (1)
  
  Bednarski Bronisław (1)
  
  Bednarz Marian (1)
  
  Bernacki Michal, 1898 (1)
  
  Bełzki Jan; 1896, Potok Górny (1)
  
  Bibik Stanisław (1)
  
  Biel Ferdynand; 1898? (1)
  
  Bielska Emilia; 1911? (1)
  
  Bielski Emil, 1898 (1)
  
  Bieniasiewicz Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Biskup Marcin; 1909 (1)
  
  Biskup Piotr, 1900 (1)
  
  Bober Kazimierz; 24.06.1899, Chłopy (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bobrowicz Nikodem; 1899? (1)
  
  Bochnik Kasper, 1897 (1)
  
  Bochno Michał, 1903? (1)
  
  Bodnar Mikołaj (1)
  
  Boguski Aleksander, 1900 (1)
  
  Bogusz Zygmunt, 1897? (1)
  
  Bohdziewicz Jan, 1891? (1)
  
  Bojarska Stefania; 1922 (1)
  
  Bojarski Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Bojda Ferdynand; 1921? (1)
  
  Bojko Jan; 1920? (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (dziś: Ukraina) (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasińska Helena; 05.05.1898, Goszczyno (Płocki county) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasińska Jadwiga; 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now: Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borasiński Jan; 15.08.1897, Goszczyno Górne (1)
  
  Borejko Anton (1)
  
  Borkowski Edward; 1892? (1)
  
  Borowy Władysław (1)
  
  Borys Piotr, 1901 (1)
  
  Boryń Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Bryja Joachim (1)
  
  Brzezicki Wacław; 1921? (1)
  
  Buba Jadwiga; 1908 (1)
  
  Bubrzycki Antoni (1)
  
  Buczkowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Buczyński Michał; 28.09.1892 (1)
  
  Buczyński Tadeusz, 1923 (1)
  
  Budzyń Leokadia; 03.03.1924, Hallerowo (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Bujko Wiktor (1)
  
  Burakiewicz Maria (1)
  
  Burdanowicz Leon; 1919 (1)
  
  Burzawa Franciszek, 22.11.1892 (1)
  
  Butrymowicz Jan (1)
  
  Byra Paweł, 1898 ? (1)
  
  Bzik Wacław; 1909? (1)
  
  Bławat Michał; 1896? (1)
  
  Błażek Władysław; 1897? (1)
  
  Błażewicz Romuald (1)
  
  Capecki Franciszek; 1897 (1)
  
  Celiński Czesław; 15.11.1900 (1)
  
  Chamot Bolesław (1)
  
  Charytonowicz Kazimierz; 1921? (1)
  
  Chełchowski Jan (1)
  
  Chmara Józef, 1898.11.26 (1)
  
  Chmielewska Jadwiga (1)
  
  Chmielewski Daniel; 1897 (1)
  
  Chodynicki Aleksander (1)
  
  Chojt Berko (1)
  
  Choma Piotr (1)
  
  Chomicz Franciszek; 1900 (1)
  
  Chudyk Piotr, 1922 (1)
  
  Chudzikiewicz Zdzisław; 03.03.1922, Lublin (1)
  
  Chuzal Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Chwiałkowska Zofia; 1919? (1)
  
  Chłus Szymon (1)
  
  Ciecierska Jadwiga; 1907? (1)
  
  Cierebiej Franciszek; 1897 (1)
Subject
- In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (211)
  
  In exile – Siberia (104)
  
  In exile – Ural (71)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (58)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (40)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (33)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (32)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (23)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (16)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (14)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (9)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (9)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (8)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (7)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (6)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (5)
  
  In exile – Mari El Republic (5)
  
  In exile – Far East (3)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (3)
  
  Deported – the Perm Krai (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (2)
  
  Allied assistance from the air (1)
  
  Deported – the Altai Krai (1)
  
  Deported – the Novosibirsk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Republic of Mordovia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Yaroslavl Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Guzar (Uzbekistan) (77)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (65)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (64)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (47)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (46)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (41)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (31)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (30)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (29)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (25)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (25)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (20)
  
  Tehran (Iran) (20)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (19)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (18)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (16)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (14)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (13)
  
  Białystok (10)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (10)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (10)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (10)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (9)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (9)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (9)
  
  Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (9)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (8)
  
  Kitab (Uzbekistan) (8)
  
  Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) (8)
  
  Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Kharitonovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (7)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (7)
  
  Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Poldnevitsa (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) (7)
  
  Shahrisabz (Uzbekistan) (7)
  
  Sosva (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Tomsk (Russia, Tomsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (7)
  
  Altai Krai (Russia) (6)
  
  Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (6)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) (6)
  
  Vodopad (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (6)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (6)
  
  Vologda Oblast (Russia) (6)
  
  Łomża (6)
  
  Asino (Russia, Tomsk Oblast) (5)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (5)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (5)
  
  Kyiv (Ukraine) (5)
  
  Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast (5)
  
  Semipalatinsk (Semey, Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Stepanovka (Russia, Perm Krai) (5)
  
  Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) (5)
  
  Syktyvkar (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Taraz (Jambyl, Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Vitiunino (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (5)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (4)
  
  Christoforovo (Russia, Kirov Oblast) (4)
  
  Churga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Farab (Turkmenistan) (4)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (4)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Kresty (Sosnovyi, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Murashy (Russia, Kirov Oblast), train station (4)
  
  Nizhnyaya Striga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Noshul (Russia, Komi Republic) (4)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Oryol (Russia, Oryol Oblast) (4)
  
  Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (4)
  
  Saratov (Russia, Saratov Oblast) (4)
  
  Siblag (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Sokol (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (4)
  
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan) (4)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (4)
  
  Unzhlag (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (4)
  
  Yagvel (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (4)
  
  Łuck (now in Ukraine) (4)
  
  Bandar-e Pahlavi (Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) (3)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (3)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (3)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Darovatka (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) (3)
  
  Dywin (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Dzhambul (Taraz, Kazakhstan) (3)
  
  Gramtucha (Mayskoye, Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Iksa (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Karabash (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (3)
  
  Kontoshino (Russia, Altai Krai, Kosikhinsky District) (3)
  
  Kopytovo (Koryazhma, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Krasnouralsk (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Krasnoyarsk (Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai) (3)
  
  Krzemieniec (now in Ukraine) (3)
Victims
- The Poles (676)
  
  Civilians (661)
  
  Deportees (620)
  
  The Civilian Population (569)
  
  Women (496)
  
  Children (419)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (365)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (262)
  
  The sick (180)
  
  Ukrainians (178)
  
  The Sick (167)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (165)
  
  The elderly (154)
  
  The Inteligentsia (149)
  
  The Elderly (134)
  
  The Jews (103)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (99)
  
  Belarusians (86)
  
  Russians/Soviets (74)
  
  The Russians (60)
  
  Policemen (30)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (18)
  
  Prisoners of War (18)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (14)
  
  Lithuanians (13)
  
  Landowners (12)
  
  Germans (6)
  
  The Church (6)
  
  Estonians (5)
  
  Border Protection Corps (4)
  
  Border Guard (3)
  
  Czechs (3)
  
  Hungarians (2)
  
  Internees (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Romanians (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (141)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (137)
  
  Soviet Militia (87)
  
  Denunciation (70)
  
  Red Army (39)
  
  Collaboration (36)
  
  Collaborators (9)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (5)
  
  Lithuanians (3)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (2)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (2)
  
  Administrative Police (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (656)
  
  Deportation/Exile (654)
  
  Biological extermination (592)
  
  Arrest (372)
  
  Cattle wagons (211)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (117)
  
  Beating (95)
  
  Judicial crime (91)
  
  Punishment cell (84)
  
  Robbery (60)
  
  Sovietization (51)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (24)
  
  Deportation (19)
  
  Death by shooting (14)
  
  Forced voting (14)
  
  Execution (10)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (8)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (8)
  
  Collectivization (6)
  
  Disarmament (6)
  
  Roads of death (6)
  
  Round-up (5)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (4)
  
  Desacration of corpses (3)
  
  Air raids (2)
  
  Armored weapons (1)
  
  Denationalization (1)
  
  Rape (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (677)
  
  Kolkhoz (217)
  
  Mine (51)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (44)
  
  Prison (43)
  
  NKVD custody suite (24)
  
  Sovkhoz (18)
  
  Transit camp (7)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (4)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (3)
  
  Siberia (3)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (2)
  
  Internment camp (1)
  
  Police headquarters/station (1)
Content
- Health service (404)
  
  First deportation (387)
  
  Anders' Army (224)
  
  Amnesty (205)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (121)
  
  Epidemics (93)
  
  Communist propaganda (88)
  
  Polish culture in exile (81)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (66)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (65)
  
  Third deportation (53)
  
  Second deportation (41)
  
  Fourth deportation (23)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (21)
  
  Military hospital (10)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (10)
  
  Students' Army Corps (9)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (8)
  
  Civil resistance (5)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (4)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (3)
  
  Aid to Jews (2)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (2)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  Clandestine courses (1)
  
  the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (1)
Object type
- Account (298)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (4)
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 (677)
Medium
- Text (677)
  
  Image (12)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (668)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (9)