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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Zdanowicz Michał; 1899.12.11 (2)
  
  Adamowicz Alfons; 15.12.1906, Białystok (1)
  
  Badurak Bronislaw, 1905 (1)
  
  Badurak Bronisław; 1905 (1)
  
  Bińczak Bolesław; 11.10.1899, Dąbrówka (1)
  
  Bojar Michał; 19.09.1901, Krasne (1)
  
  Brzeziński Roman; 16.07.1916 (1)
  
  Buben Wincenty (1)
  
  Burjan Antoni (1)
  
  Busłowska Paulina (1)
  
  Charytański Kazimierz; 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Chodoff Bernard; 1891 (1)
  
  Chomicz Eustachy; 1905 (1)
  
  Chyliński Julian; 1898? (1)
  
  Cichowski Julian; 1900? (1)
  
  Czabućko Michał; 03.08.1898, Kruciłowicze (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Czaplicki Stanisław, 1902.02.06 (1)
  
  Czerwonka Władysław; 22.12.1899, Mucisko (1)
  
  Daszkiewicz Cyryl; 1899 (1)
  
  Dawidowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Deręgowski Antoni (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Dreszler Bernard, 1894 (1)
  
  Drzewoszewski Józef (1)
  
  Dubieszko Stanisław; 1902? (1)
  
  Dziedzic Tomasz (1)
  
  Dąbrowski Jan (1)
  
  Esman Wladysław (1)
  
  Fabiszewski Henryk; 10.02.1894 (1)
  
  Fałdyga Adam, 1893 (1)
  
  Ficek Władysław, 1898.05.21 (1)
  
  Fijakowski Błażej (1)
  
  Filipowicz Władysław, 1894.09.22 (1)
  
  Franczak Stanisław (1)
  
  Frelka Stefan; 16.12.1901 Skrzetusz (1)
  
  Gajewski Marian; 15.08.1896 (1)
  
  Gaudurski Szczepan, 1895 (1)
  
  Gielwert Edward; 1899? (1)
  
  Glejzer Władysław; 1889 (1)
  
  Glezner Zygmunt; 17.09.1911, Warsaw (1)
  
  Gliniany Mikołaj (1)
  
  Gorczyca Stanisław; 06.02.1900 (1)
  
  Gołost Aleksander; 05.12.1902 (1)
  
  Gołuzd Stanisław (1)
  
  Gralak Stanisław; 14.07.1915 (1)
  
  Grot Józef; 11.01.1897 (1)
  
  Grzelak Wacław; 1901? (1)
  
  Górecki Apolinary, 1898 (1)
  
  Główczyk Jan, 1894 (1)
  
  Halicki Stanisław, 1912.03.12 (1)
  
  Hamuda Czesław (1)
  
  Hauptman Karol (1)
  
  Hoffman Felicjan; 1909? (1)
  
  Hoffman Wincenty (1)
  
  Iwaszkiewicz Zofia; 09.12.1912 (1)
  
  Jackowski Eugeniusz; 12.12.1901 (1)
  
  Jakubik Henryk; 1911 (1)
  
  Janczulewicz Hieronim; 1899 (1)
  
  Janicki Marian; 1914? (1)
  
  Januchowski Antoni; 1900 (1)
  
  Jeleń Piotr; 15.01.1921, Kraków (1)
  
  Jeleń Piotr; 1919? (1)
  
  Karpowicz Alfons; 16.09.1904 (1)
  
  Kaszlikowski Stanisław; 1909? (1)
  
  Kazimierczak Józef; 06.12.1897 (1)
  
  Kluczyński Rajmund; 1900, Warsaw (1)
  
  Kobylarz Tadeusz, 1913? (1)
  
  Konopko Jan; 1900? (1)
  
  Kowalski Ludwik; 1901? (1)
  
  Kujawa Florian; 1913? (1)
  
  Kulesza Stefan; 1904? (1)
  
  Kulikowski Witold; 1899? (1)
  
  Lech Konstanty; 1902.03.02 (1)
  
  Ley Waldemar; 1915? (1)
  
  Makowski Józef; 1913 (1)
  
  Malinowski Nicefor (1)
  
  Maniak Stefan; 1900? (1)
  
  Martenka Sylwester; 14.12.1890, Rzadków (1)
  
  Mendyk Feliks (1)
  
  Mirańczyk Stanisław (1)
  
  Misiak Konstanty; 1888 (1)
  
  Miszewski Jan; 1899? (1)
  
  Mąkosza Tadeusz (1)
  
  Młudzik Mieczysław (1)
  
  Nowak Jan; 1890 (1)
  
  Oldak Wacław; 1905? (1)
  
  Ozga Józef; 1897? (1)
  
  Pieniak Franciszek (1)
  
  Pierzyński Piotr; 1893 (1)
  
  Plichta Józef; 1900 (1)
  
  Poczobutt-Odłanicki Antoni, 1904 (1)
  
  Podgórski Antoni; 1896.08.07 (1)
  
  Podhajski Wincenty; 1898 (1)
  
  Proszowski Henryk (1)
  
  Pytlak Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Raczek Andrzej; 1911? (1)
  
  Rafinski Aleksander (1)
  
  Rek Bronisław; 1906? (1)
  
  Rewranz Emil (1)
  
  Rokita Stanisław (1)
Subject
- Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (107)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (10)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (2)
  
  In exile – Siberia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp (1)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German death factory (1)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death (1)
  
  In revenge for assisting “Hubal” – reprisal campaigns (1)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (1)
  
  The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (107)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (70)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (61)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (49)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (39)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (34)
  
  Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 (32)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (27)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (27)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (26)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (26)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (25)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (24)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (20)
  
  Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp (17)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (16)
  
  Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp (15)
  
  Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp (11)
  
  Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (10)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp (10)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (9)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (8)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (7)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (7)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (7)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (7)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (7)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (6)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (6)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (5)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Lilaste (Latvia), internment camp (4)
  
  Litene (Latvia), internment camp (4)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (4)
  
  Olita (Lithuania), internee camp (4)
  
  Žagarė (Lithuania), internee camp (4)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (3)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (3)
  
  Moscow (Russia), "Butyrka" NKVD prison, Novoslobodskaya Street 45c5 (3)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (3)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (3)
  
  Babynino (Russia, Kaluga Oblast, Babyninsky District) (2)
  
  Białystok (2)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (2)
  
  Jewie (now in Lithuania) (2)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Leningrad (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (2)
  
  Murmansk Oblast (Russia) (2)
  
  Oszmiana (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) (2)
  
  Warsaw (2)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (2)
  
  Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Zawiasy (Lithuania) (2)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Aralsk (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Arzamas II (train station, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Arzamassky District) (1)
  
  Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (1)
  
  Augustów (1)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp (1)
  
  Barnaul (Russia, Altai Krai) (1)
  
  Bielbaltlag (Russia, Karelian ASSR) (1)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (1)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Czepony (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Czorsztyn (1)
  
  Daugavpils (Latvia), internment camp (1)
  
  Dereczyn (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Domanice (mazowieckie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Garwolin (mazowieckie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Georgievka (Koksaek, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau (1)
  
  Grajewo (1)
  
  Görken (Dubrovka, Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast), Stalag I A (1)
  
  Hermanów (Tarasiwka, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Hołownica (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (1)
  
  Hucisko (Przysucha district) (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) (1)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Jedwabne (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz I (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Familienlager Theresienstadt (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Sauna (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz III (Monowitz) (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bauhof (1)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Kandalaksha (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Korabelnoye (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (150)
  
  Internees (131)
  
  Policemen (102)
  
  The Inteligentsia (82)
  
  Prisoners of War (78)
  
  Border Guard (58)
  
  Civilians (51)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (48)
  
  The Civilian Population (46)
  
  The Jews (29)
  
  Border Protection Corps (27)
  
  Belarusians (24)
  
  Deportees (20)
  
  The sick (17)
  
  The Sick (16)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (15)
  
  Ukrainians (15)
  
  Women (14)
  
  Children (9)
  
  The Church (9)
  
  Lithuanians (7)
  
  Russians/Soviets (6)
  
  The Russians (5)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (5)
  
  Germans (4)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (4)
  
  The elderly (3)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (3)
  
  Prison Guard (3)
  
  The Elderly (3)
  
  Landowners (2)
  
  Czechs (1)
  
  Estonians (1)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (1)
  
  Hungarians (1)
Perpetrators
- Lithuanians (61)
  
  People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (48)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (33)
  
  Red Army (31)
  
  Denunciation (17)
  
  Collaboration (15)
  
  Latvians (7)
  
  Collaborators (2)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (2)
  
  SS (2)
  
  Soviet Militia (2)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (124)
  
  Biological extermination (120)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (83)
  
  Arrest (72)
  
  Deportation/Exile (68)
  
  Cattle wagons (50)
  
  Beating (43)
  
  Punishment cell (21)
  
  Judicial crime (17)
  
  Robbery (16)
  
  Death by shooting (9)
  
  Disarmament (7)
  
  Deportation (6)
  
  Execution (6)
  
  Roads of death (5)
  
  Armored weapons (3)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (3)
  
  Air raids (1)
  
  Burning people alive (1)
  
  Cremation (1)
  
  Cremation of corpses (1)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (1)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (1)
  
  Gas chambers (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (1)
Place
- Internment camp (151)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (73)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (56)
  
  Transit camp (39)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (16)
  
  Kolkhoz (8)
  
  Prison (6)
  
  NKVD custody suite (5)
  
  Labor camp (2)
  
  Extermination camp (1)
  
  Mine (1)
  
  Sovkhoz (1)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (1)
Content
- Health service (111)
  
  Anders' Army (52)
  
  Polish culture in exile (50)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (49)
  
  Amnesty (37)
  
  Communist propaganda (29)
  
  Epidemics (15)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (15)
  
  Fourth deportation (6)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (6)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (5)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (4)
  
  Partisan warfare (2)
  
  Students' Army Corps (2)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Aid to Jews (1)
  
  Extermination of Jews (1)
  
  Pacification of rural areas (1)
  
  Rescue of Jews (1)
  
  Sonderaktion "Ungarn" (1)
  
  Sonderaktion „Ungarn“ (1)
  
  Underground media (1)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (1)
Object type
- Account (51)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (3)
  
  Brief (1)
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 (148)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom (1)
  
  Katyn Museum (1)
  
  Supreme National Tribunal (1)
Medium
- Text (151)
  
  Image (8)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (150)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (1)