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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Siedlecki Karol (3)
  
  Głowiak Stanisław; 10.02.1903, Podzwierzyniec (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Lis Józef (2)
  
  Adamski Alojzy, 1908.06.30 (1)
  
  Bator Franciszek (1)
  
  Bojar Michał; 19.09.1901, Krasne (1)
  
  Bączkowski (1)
  
  Błaszczyk Zygmunt (1)
  
  Czabućko Michał; 03.08.1898, Kruciłowicze (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Darasz Jan; 1901? (1)
  
  Dawidowski Franciszek (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Esman Wladysław (1)
  
  Fabiszewski Henryk; 10.02.1894 (1)
  
  Fałdyga Adam, 1893 (1)
  
  Frelka Stefan; 16.12.1901 Skrzetusz (1)
  
  Gajewski Marian; 15.08.1896 (1)
  
  Garlicki Aleksander (1)
  
  Gołuzd Stanisław (1)
  
  Grajnert Stanisław; 1899 (1)
  
  Grot Józef; 11.01.1897 (1)
  
  Górecki Apolinary, 1898 (1)
  
  Główczyk Jan, 1894 (1)
  
  Jakubowski Joachim; 1897 (1)
  
  Januchowski Antoni; 1900 (1)
  
  Kaszlikowski Stanisław; 1909? (1)
  
  Kobylarz Tadeusz, 1913? (1)
  
  Kurałowicz Stanisław (1)
  
  Latawiec Ludwik; 1897 (1)
  
  Malczewska-Przybylak Jadwiga (1)
  
  Malinowski Nicefor (1)
  
  Martenka Sylwester; 14.12.1890, Rzadków (1)
  
  Matuszak Franiszek; 1896.08.16 (1)
  
  Matuszewski Alojzy; 1898 (1)
  
  Matys Jan; 1899 (1)
  
  Misiak Konstanty; 1888 (1)
  
  Molak Tadeusz (1)
  
  Niencir Stefan (1)
  
  Oleszkiewicz (1)
  
  Ozga Józef; 1897? (1)
  
  Piekart Halina (1)
  
  Pytlak Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Raczek Andrzej; 1911? (1)
  
  Rożek Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Rybarczyk Aleksander (1)
  
  Rybicki (1)
  
  Saj Władysław (1)
  
  Sawala Stanisław; 18.04.1900 (1)
  
  Staszak Stefan (1)
  
  Stelmaszewski Stanisław; 18.04.1897, Kutno (1)
  
  Suchodolski Wiktor; 1909.03.25 (1)
  
  Szabowska K. (1)
  
  Walsztyniak Michał; 1897 (1)
  
  Winnicki Tadeusz; 20.05.1918 (1)
  
  Wiłoszyński Władysław; 1901 (1)
  
  Wiśniewski Józef, 1891 (1)
  
  Wiśniewski/Waśniowski (1)
  
  Wolski Konstanty (1)
  
  Wylot Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Zatorski Jan; 1901 (1)
  
  Łucek Piotr; 04.11.1893, Bełcząc (lubelskie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Śniady Konstanty; 1906?, Dłutowo (1)
Subject
- Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (32)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (24)
  
  The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region) (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Tver Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (38)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 (22)
  
  Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (16)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp (16)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (14)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (12)
  
  Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp (11)
  
  Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp (9)
  
  Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp (8)
  
  Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp (8)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (7)
  
  Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (7)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (7)
  
  Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 (6)
  
  Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (6)
  
  Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp (5)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (5)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania) (5)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (4)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (4)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp (3)
  
  Kurowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (3)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp (3)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) (3)
  
  Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp (3)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp (3)
  
  Złoczów (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (3)
  
  Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (2)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (2)
  
  Jelenovka (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (2)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (2)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), NKVD prison, Radisheva Street 32 (2)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) (2)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) (2)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Volochysk (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (2)
  
  Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) (2)
  
  Zahorce Wielkie (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (2)
  
  Żydatycze (Hamaliyivka, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (2)
  
  Arzamas II (train station, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Arzamassky District) (1)
  
  Aykino (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Babynino (Russia, Kaluga Oblast, Babyninsky District) (1)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (1)
  
  Biała (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (1)
  
  Czorsztyn (1)
  
  Daugavpils (Latvia), internment camp (1)
  
  Dubno (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Gudogaj (Belarus) (1)
  
  Gwozdów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Hołyczówka (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) (1)
  
  Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp (1)
  
  Kamień Koszyrski (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kaunas (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Kałusz (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Korzec (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kołomyja (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, aleja Wolności (Lesi Ukrainki Street 32) (1)
  
  Liepāja (Latvia), internment camp (1)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (1)
  
  Moscow (Russia), the NKVD prison "Lubyanka", Bolshaya Lubyanka Street 2 (1)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 (1)
  
  Murmansk Oblast (Russia) (1)
  
  Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Nowy Sącz (1)
  
  Olita (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Olita (Lithuania), internee camp (1)
  
  Orsha (Belarus) (1)
  
  Ostra Góra (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Połock (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Street (1)
  
  Przemyśl (1)
  
  Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs (1)
  
  Riga (Latvia) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (67)
  
  Prisoners of War (65)
  
  Border Guard (61)
  
  Policemen (52)
  
  The Inteligentsia (46)
  
  Internees (32)
  
  Civilians (22)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (22)
  
  The Civilian Population (21)
  
  Border Protection Corps (19)
  
  Belarusians (13)
  
  The Jews (13)
  
  Ukrainians (13)
  
  Prison Guard (11)
  
  The sick (8)
  
  The Sick (7)
  
  Women (6)
  
  Deportees (5)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (5)
  
  The Church (5)
  
  Children (4)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (3)
  
  Germans (2)
  
  Russians/Soviets (2)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (2)
  
  Landowners (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Lithuanians (1)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (1)
  
  The Russians (1)
  
  the Chinese (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (27)
  
  Red Army (22)
  
  Collaboration (9)
  
  Denunciation (9)
  
  Lithuanians (8)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (3)
  
  Collaborators (1)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (1)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (1)
  
  Soviet Militia (1)
  
  The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians" (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (57)
  
  Biological extermination (55)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (31)
  
  Arrest (29)
  
  Deportation/Exile (24)
  
  Beating (19)
  
  Cattle wagons (19)
  
  Punishment cell (14)
  
  Disarmament (10)
  
  Robbery (8)
  
  Judicial crime (7)
  
  Death by shooting (6)
  
  Deportation (5)
  
  Execution (4)
  
  Armored weapons (3)
  
  Roads of death (3)
  
  Air raids (2)
  
  Death marches (1)
  
  Desacration of corpses (1)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (1)
Place
- Forced labor camps for POWs (33)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (32)
  
  Internment camp (30)
  
  Transit camp (19)
  
  Prison (6)
  
  Mine (5)
  
  NKVD custody suite (5)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (4)
  
  Kolkhoz (3)
Content
- Health service (41)
  
  Anders' Army (25)
  
  Polish culture in exile (24)
  
  Amnesty (15)
  
  Communist propaganda (15)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (15)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (14)
  
  Epidemics (5)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (2)
  
  Underground culture and education (2)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Fourth deportation (1)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (1)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (1)
  
  Underground media (1)
Object type
- Account (16)
  
  Brief (4)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (2)
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 (65)
  
  Katyn Museum (4)
Medium
- Text (69)
  
  Image (2)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (68)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (1)