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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Aleksiejuk Mieczysław, 1908.05.03 (1)
  
  Atkins Janina (1)
  
  Augustyn Bolesław; 1902 (1)
  
  Baka Jan; 1896 (1)
  
  Banasiewicz Józef (1)
  
  Baroni Jan; 1985 (1)
  
  Bazyliński Józef (1)
  
  Bednarczyk Czesław (1)
  
  Bigoraj Józef; 1899 (1)
  
  Bobrowicz Nikodem; 1899? (1)
  
  Bochen Stanisław; 1901? (1)
  
  Bogucki Jan; 1913? (1)
  
  Bojarski Jan, 1899 (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (dziś: Ukraina) (1)
  
  Bolimowska Wanda; 1923, Pomorzanka (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Borys Piotr, 1901 (1)
  
  Boryń Franciszek; 1898 (1)
  
  Bujko Henryk (1)
  
  Burzawa Franciszek, 22.11.1892 (1)
  
  Butrymowicz Jan (1)
  
  Byczkowski Wiktor, 1896? (1)
  
  Byra Paweł, 1898 ? (1)
  
  Bzik Wacław; 1909? (1)
  
  Bławat Michał; 1896? (1)
  
  Charytonowicz Kazimierz; 1921? (1)
  
  Chełchowski Jan (1)
  
  Chodorowski Jan, 1898 (1)
  
  Chomicz Franciszek; 1900 (1)
  
  Chłus Szymon (1)
  
  Cierebiej Franciszek; 1897 (1)
  
  Ciesielski Franciszek; 1896 (1)
  
  Ciągło Jan; 01.12.1899 (1)
  
  Cybański Adam; 1907? (1)
  
  Cybowicz Jan; 1891 (1)
  
  Cybulski Józef (1)
  
  Cytko Jan; 1897? (1)
  
  Czarnocka Anna; 12.11.1906, Dawidowicze (gm. Zabłudów) (1)
  
  Czekałowska Irena (1)
  
  Czeszko Aleksander, 1899 (1)
  
  Daglis Stanisław; 1901 (1)
  
  Dybowski Stefan (1)
  
  Dziekońska Stefania; 1921? (1)
  
  Dąbal Tomasz; 1897 (1)
  
  Długoborski Mieczysław Edward; 1887? (1)
  
  Fedorowicz Mieczysław, 1892 (1)
  
  Frankiewicz Feliks, 1922 (1)
  
  Fudali Stefania (1)
  
  Gamuń Wladysław, 1902 (1)
  
  Gantek Władysław; 30.12.1896 (1)
  
  Gałuszewski Kazimierz; 1899.03.04 (1)
  
  Giżycki Kazimierz, 1888 (1)
  
  Gojos Stanisław (1)
  
  Grabowski Janusz; 1919? (1)
  
  Groński Józef (1)
  
  Gruszecki Marian; 1908? (1)
  
  Gryłka Jan (1)
  
  Gąsiewski Wladysław, 1898 (1)
  
  Halber Barbara (1)
  
  Holota Jan; 1924? (1)
  
  Hulecki Piotr; 08.07.1912 (1)
  
  Jachołkowski Wacław; 1908? (1)
  
  Jackowski Zbigniew (1)
  
  Jalowacz Ignacy; 1899 (1)
  
  Jarmarkier Michał; 1919? (1)
  
  Jochym Zbigniew; 28.08.1918 (1)
  
  Jurewicz Maria, 14.10.1907 (1)
  
  Jurko Walentyna, 15.05.1915 (1)
  
  Józefczyk Wojciech; 1896.11.14 (1)
  
  Kapuścińska Maria; 20.10.1924 Dzwiniacze (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Koch Wacław; 1901 (1)
  
  Kotulski Andrzej; 1904? (1)
  
  Kozak Zenobiusz; 1901? (1)
  
  Koziarz Franciszek (1)
  
  Kozicz Ryszard; 1898? (1)
  
  Kubuła Marian; 24.04.1909, Częstochowa (1)
  
  Kuszewski Józef; 1899? (1)
  
  Kwasiński Władysław; 1890 (1)
  
  Kępka Jan (1)
  
  Lagowski Jan; 1919? (1)
  
  Lanner Rafał; 1906? (1)
  
  Laskowski Włodzimierz; 1897, Równe (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Lechki Ignacy; 1929 (1)
  
  Lecko Michał; 1921? (1)
  
  Lis Stefania; 1921 (1)
  
  Lisiecki Antoni; 1902 (1)
  
  Maciukiewicz Ksawery; 1907? (1)
  
  Maculewicz Bronisław; 1923? (1)
  
  Marciniak Józef; 13.03.1891 (1)
  
  Marciniak Józef; 1891 (1)
  
  Marszycki Bolesław; 1898 (1)
  
  Marynowicz Władysław (1)
  
  Marzec Stanisław; 1895 (1)
  
  Matczak Jan; 1894.01.01 (1)
  
  Matkowska Maria; 1924 (1)
  
  Matusiak Stanisław, 04.03.1901 (1)
  
  Mazurkiewicz Józef; 1904 (1)
  
  Michalski Aleksander; 1897 (1)
  
  Michalski Kazimierz (1)
  
  Mihułka Tadeusz (1)
  
  Mołczadski Mordka (1)
Subject
- In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (62)
  
  In exile – Siberia (20)
  
  In exile – Ural (18)
  
  In exile – Vologda Oblast (18)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (16)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (10)
  
  In exile – Central Asia (9)
  
  In exile – Komi Republic (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia (6)
  
  In exile – Kostroma Oblast (5)
  
  In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (5)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ural (4)
  
  The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity (4)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Far East (3)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (2)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast (2)
  
  Deported – the Novosibirsk Oblast (1)
  
  Dispersed terror – the KL Ravensbrück branch in KL Malchow (1)
  
  Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Kielce region (1)
  
  In exile – Far East (1)
  
  In exile – Kirov Oblast (1)
  
  In exile – Povolzhye (1)
  
  Mass extermination - KL Majdanek (1)
  
  Poles saving Jews – the Lwów region (1)
  
  Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region (1)
  
  The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory (1)
  
  The Lublin region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (1)
  
  The Polish Righteous Among the Nations (1)
  
  The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (30)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (26)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (20)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (12)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (12)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (11)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (10)
  
  Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) (9)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (9)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (9)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (7)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (6)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (6)
  
  Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (6)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) (6)
  
  Unzhlag (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (6)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) (5)
  
  Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (5)
  
  Poldnevitsa (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) (5)
  
  Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) (5)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (5)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (5)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (4)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (4)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (4)
  
  Równe (Ukraine) (4)
  
  Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp (4)
  
  Tehran (Iran) (4)
  
  Vologda Oblast (Russia) (4)
  
  Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) (3)
  
  Gramtucha (Mayskoye, Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 (3)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (3)
  
  Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp (3)
  
  Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 (3)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (3)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (3)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  Sarny (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Shoksha (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Stepanovka (Russia, Perm Krai) (3)
  
  Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) (3)
  
  Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 (3)
  
  Vitiunino (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Vodopad (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (3)
  
  Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) (3)
  
  Altai Krai (Russia) (2)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (2)
  
  Astana (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (2)
  
  Białystok (2)
  
  British Mandate of Palestine (Israel) (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (2)
  
  Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) (2)
  
  Churga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (2)
  
  Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) (2)
  
  Drohiczyn (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Karabash (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kharitonovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kharkiv (Ukraine) (2)
  
  Kitab (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Komi Republic (Russia) (2)
  
  Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp (2)
  
  Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) (2)
  
  Krzemieniec (now in Ukraine) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (2)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 (2)
  
  Murashy (Russia, Kirov Oblast), train station (2)
  
  Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) (2)
  
  Nieśwież (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Noshul (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Obirkovo (Russia, Vologda Oblast, Babushkinsky District) (2)
  
  Poznań (2)
  
  Przemyśl (2)
  
  Równe (now in Ukraine), prison, Dworecka Street 116 (2)
  
  Stepnyak (Kazakhstan, Aqmola Region) (2)
  
  Stołpce (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs (2)
  
  Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Tobolsk (Russia, Tyumen Oblast), NKVD prison (prison castle), Red Square 5 (2)
  
  Toporok (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Turtkul (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (2)
  
  Vitebsk (Belarus), NKVD prison, Surazhska Street (Gagarina Street 2) (2)
  
  Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Yagvel (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Aldansky District (Russia, Yakutia) (1)
  
  Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Andreevka (Kazakhstan, Kostanay Oblast) (1)
  
  Antonovka (Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan Region) (1)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), train station (1)
Victims
- Foresters/Forestry workers (218)
  
  The Poles (216)
  
  Civilians (203)
  
  The Civilian Population (190)
  
  Deportees (164)
  
  Women (140)
  
  Children (135)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (121)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (108)
  
  Ukrainians (72)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (71)
  
  The sick (68)
  
  The Sick (64)
  
  The Inteligentsia (62)
  
  The elderly (55)
  
  The Elderly (52)
  
  Belarusians (46)
  
  The Jews (35)
  
  Russians/Soviets (30)
  
  Policemen (24)
  
  The Russians (24)
  
  Landowners (14)
  
  Prisoners of War (11)
  
  The Church (11)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (10)
  
  Lithuanians (6)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (5)
  
  Estonians (4)
  
  Border Guard (3)
  
  Germans (3)
  
  Border Protection Corps (2)
  
  Internees (2)
  
  Latvians (2)
  
  Romanians (1)
Perpetrators
- People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (47)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (37)
  
  Denunciation (30)
  
  Soviet Militia (29)
  
  Collaboration (21)
  
  Red Army (17)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (4)
  
  SS (3)
  
  Collaborators (2)
  
  Military Tribunal of the NKVD (2)
  
  Latvians (1)
  
  Lebensborn (Fount of Life) (1)
  
  Lithuanians (1)
  
  Military Police (1)
  
  The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians" (1)
  
  The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1)
Crimes
- Forced labor (199)
  
  Biological extermination (189)
  
  Deportation/Exile (185)
  
  Arrest (132)
  
  Beating (63)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (61)
  
  Cattle wagons (59)
  
  Punishment cell (46)
  
  Judicial crime (43)
  
  Robbery (39)
  
  Sovietization (23)
  
  Execution (11)
  
  Deportation (9)
  
  Death by shooting (7)
  
  Forced voting (6)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (5)
  
  Air raids (4)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (4)
  
  Roads of death (4)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (4)
  
  Collectivization (3)
  
  Disarmament (3)
  
  Desacration of corpses (2)
  
  Forced service in the Red Army (2)
  
  Mass graves (2)
  
  Armored weapons (1)
  
  Racial policy (1)
  
  Rape (1)
  
  Round-up (1)
  
  The liquidation of ghetto (1)
Place
- Spetsposelok (special settlement) (142)
  
  Kolkhoz (63)
  
  Prison (32)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (23)
  
  NKVD custody suite (23)
  
  Mine (21)
  
  Transit camp (7)
  
  Sovkhoz (6)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (5)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (4)
  
  Concentration camp (2)
  
  Ghetto (1)
  
  Internment camp (1)
  
  Labor camp (1)
  
  Orphanage – dietdom (1)
  
  Sewers (1)
  
  Siberia (1)
Content
- First deportation (140)
  
  Health service (138)
  
  Anders' Army (66)
  
  Amnesty (56)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (37)
  
  Epidemics (34)
  
  Polish culture in exile (31)
  
  Communist propaganda (25)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (22)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (9)
  
  Third deportation (9)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (9)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (4)
  
  Rescue of Jews (3)
  
  Civil resistance (2)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (2)
  
  Second deportation (2)
  
  September Campaign/1939 Defensive War (2)
  
  Extermination of Jews (1)
  
  Military hospital (1)
  
  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists/Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN/UPA) (1)
  
  Partisan warfare (1)
  
  Students' Army Corps (1)
  
  Underground culture and education (1)
  
  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1)
Object type
- Account (72)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (5)
  
  Brief (2)
  
  Press clipping (1)
  
  Statement (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 (209)
  
  Committee for the Commemoration of Poles who Saved Jews (3)
  
  Main Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Poland (2)
  
  Supreme National Tribunal (2)
  
  District Court in Radom (1)
  
  Katyn Museum (1)
Medium
- Text (218)
  
  Image (4)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (209)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (9)