Gallery – Soviet Mass Deportations
1941 - Kozak family in Darovotka
1941 - Kozak family in Darovotka - Maria top middle, Zenobiusz bottom right. Likely grandfather (Joachim not sure) bottom left. Same plank/board pattern, in both photos, likely taken same time. Deported from Sarkowka on Feb 10, 1940. Photo taken before release on November 22, 1941.
During WWII
Russia
Darovatka
Camps (letters ING to LEN)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Letter to exile (2)
Back of letter from Katarzyna Prociuk's parents to Katarzyna who was exiled in Kazakhstan with her two young children Jerzy and Tomasz, 1940-1945. Note the Swastiska/Wermacht as the letter was mailed from German occupied territory.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Map of the journey of the deportees
Map of the journey of the deportees
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Indigenous villager Omsk region 1942
Indigenous villager Omsk region 1942
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Omsk
Camps (letters LEN to NIK)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Letter to exile (1)
Letter from Katarzyna Prociuk's parents to Katarzyna who was exiled in Kazakhstan with her two young children Jerzy and Tomasz, 1940-1945
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Map: from Molodeczno to Szczerbakty
Deportation journey
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
Camps (letters NIZ to PET)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Letter from Polish POW to exiled wife (2)
Letter from Aleksander Prociuk (Captain in the 6th Pulk Strzelcow Podhalanskich), taken prisoner in the September 1939 campaign), POW Oflag, 11A, Camp 6 to his wife Katarzyna Prociuk who was deported to Kazakhstan 13 April 1940-1945 with their two sons. Katarzyna finally received the letter in Australia in 1974!
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Camps (letters PIO to SEV)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Grandfathers notarised Death Certificate
Jan Zak’s notarised Death Certificate notified by Franciszka Zak to the Polish Garrison Chaplain in Tehran 1942.
Iran
Teheran
Camps (letters SHA to TAI)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Exile Permission note
Permission note from NKWD/Kolkhoz commandant for exile Katarzyna Prociuk to go to another village (possibly to pick up a parcel)
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Soviet Travel Document_front
Soviet Travel Document_front
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Wooden spoon from exile (2)
Handmade and painted wooden spoon given to Jurek Prociuk in Kazakhstan. The inscription reads Jurek P Syberia 1940-44
Halina Prociuk
After WWII
Poland
USSR Railway Map – Kazakhstan – 1941
Shows the railway network across Kazakhstan in 1941. Along the top is Petropavlovsk on the Omsk line. This would most likely have been the route my family would have taken. The nearest big city to their place of forced labour was Petropavlovsk.
During WWII
Russia
Archangel Labour/Gulag Camps 1940-41
Archangel Labour/Gulag Camps 1940-41, my family were split between Siencybino (No 2 on the map highlighted) where my Grandfather and family were and Szenczuga (No 1) In the Konosha District
During WWII
Russia
Camps (letters VAL to YAG)
List of labour camps: ‘Forced Labour in Soviet Russia’ by David J Dallin & Boris Nicolaevsky, 1948.
After WWII
Russia
Deportation arrest document (1)
"Protocol" document given to Katarzyna Prociuk by the NKWD when she was deported to Kazakhstan 13 April 1940. It includes a list of items taken. First page.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
100 rubles money order
Money order sent from Anton Muszynski, brother of Olga Iwanica.
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Soviet Union
Jerszowka, Nowneżna Oblast
Soviet Travel Document_back
Soviet Travel Document_back
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
TADEUSZ_LIST_OF_NAMES
TADEUSZ_LIST_OF_NAMES
Helen Bitner
Before WWII
Poland
Wooden spoon from exile
Handmade and painted wooden spoon given to Jurek Prociuk in Kazakhstan. The inscription reads Jurek P Syberia 1940-44
Halina Prociuk
After WWII
Poland
Caricature
Caricature drawn for Jerzy Prociuk in Kazakhstan. The caption reads "Ciamajda" which translates to "slouch".
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
USSR Railway Map 1941
Shows the railway network across the whole of the USSR in 1941
During WWII
Russia
Aniela Zak 1884-1942 - Shenchuga Labour Camp
Aniela Zak 1884-1942 wife of Adam Zak (pictured) who perished in Siberia in 1942.
Envelope addressed to Olga Iwanica
Addressed to Olga Iwanica, Majskiego region, ... Kirow ...
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Russia
Majskiego
Russian booklet from Tashkent 1941
Unfortunately this is a front and back cover only. There are no pages inside.
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
1941 Darovatka - Jerzy Kozak and his grandfather
1941 Jerzy Kozak and his grandfather (Joachim not sure) in Darovatka. Same man is in the next group photo with Maria + Zenobiusz. Same plank/board pattern, in both photos, likely taken same time. Deported from Sarkowka on Feb 10, 1940
Inscription on photo bottom right - “exile”
Personal collection
During WWII