Gallery – Soviet Forced Labour
Caricature drawn of Jerzy Prociuk in Kazakhstan
Caricature drawn of Jerzy Prociuk in Kazakhstan - Ciamajda means slouch – Source: Halina Prociuk
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Child in Siberia
Antoni Stelmach, as drawn by another prisoner in the labour camp in Siberia.
Antoni Stelmach
During WWII
Russia
Sketch of a Russian bath house
Sketch of a Russian bath house - A typical "banya" - Source: Public domain.
During WWII
Russia
Rare map of the Kolyma camps
Rare map of the Kolyma camps - From Anatol Krakowiecki's KSIAZKA o KOLYMIE, Veritas, London 1950.
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of forest workers
Drawing of forest workers - Genowefa Matkowska's autograph book
Genowefa Matkowska
During WWII
Russia
Drawing Matka Boska Ostrobramska
Drawing Matka Boska Ostrobramska - Drawn by Barbara Narębska at the Saratow labour camp in 1945.
Wojciech Narębski
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of dug-out in Kazakhstan
Drawing of dug-out in Kazakhstan - Drawn by Eleanor Bielski.
Jerzy Krasicki
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Drawing and description of the camp
Drawing and description of the camp - Drawn by Danuta Maria (Górczyńska) Morgan, dated 07 IX 1941
Danuta Morgan
During WWII
Russia
Drawing and description of Posiolek 45
Drawing and description of Posiolek 45
Antoni Stelmach
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of deportation train
Drawing of deportation train - Artist unknown. Source: Public domain.
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of deportation train
Drawing of deportation train - From the book 'Z ziemi polskiej do Polski. Wspomnienia 1939-1958'.
Stanislaw Kulon
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of clearing the forest
Drawing of clearing the forest - From the book 'Z ziemi polskiej do Polski. Wspomnienia 1939-1958'.
Stanislaw Kulon
During WWII
Russia
Drawing of a burial in Siberia
Drawing of a burial in Siberia - From the book 'Z ziemi polskiej do Polski. Wspomnienia 1939-1958'.
Stanislaw Kulon
During WWII
Russia
Barracks in a Siberian camp
Barracks in a Siberian camp
Jan Szewczuk
During WWII
Russia
Barracks in a Siberian camp
Barracks in a Siberian camp - source: public domain
During WWII
Russia
Plan of the barracks
A plan of the barracks at the forest station he and some 400 Polish deportees were sent to. Drawing by Stefan Waydenfeld from his memories of the labour camp at Kvasha, USSR.
Alice Faintich
During WWII
Soviet Union
Kvasha labour camp
A plan of the forest station he and some 400 Polish deportees were sent to. Drawing by Stefan Waydenfeld from his memories of the labour camp at Kvasha, USSR.
Alice Faintich
During WWII
Soviet Union
A horse hauling logs
Drawing by Stefan Waydenfeld from his memories of the labour camp at Kvasha, USSR.
Alice Faintich
During WWII
Soviet Union
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Death in the Steppes
Kazakhstan 1940. Grandmother's burial on the frozen steppes - death from starvation
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Shepherd & Sheep
Artwork showing the work that some of the younger deportees had to do while in exile.
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Wolves
Ilustration showing deportees, in a frigid environment, being tracked by wolves.
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Whipping
Illustration showing the harsh treatment of deportees
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Girl by bars
Illustration showing a girl looking through some bars
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Alicja R Edwards Art Work – Death and winter grave
Illustration showing the death of a family member and their burial in the dead of winter
Alicja Edwards
During WWII
Poludniewica 1940 – Watrasiewic Family
Location of the labour camp: Poludniewica, Szarynski Rajon, Gorkowskaja Oblast (1940).
Bohdan Watrasiewic
During WWII
Russia
Gorkowskaja Oblast
1941 letter to family in USSR_front
1941 letter to family in USSR_front
Maria Brodowicz
During WWII
Soviet Union
1941 letter to family in USSR_back
1941 letter to family in USSR_back
Maria Brodowicz
During WWII
Soviet Union
Group of women in Poldniewcia
Group of women in Poldniewcia
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
Polish Youth in Poldniewica
Polish Youth in Poldniewica
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
Polish Youth in Poldniewica, ages 16-20
Polish Youth in Poldniewica, ages 16-20
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast