Gallery – Soviet Forced Labour
Handwritten Diary
Image of some pages of the handwritten diary of Zygmunt Palka.
Adrian Palka
During WWII
Russia
Deportation map for Pacewicz
This map of Northern Kazakhstan shows where Julia, Jadwiga and Wladyslaw Pacewicz were deported to - Kazakhstan, Kiellrowski region, village Krasnodolsk. On the map there is a railway line going south from Petropavlovsk "Kiellrowska". In this region there is still a Polish Catholic Parish and many Polish descendants still living there. Map in the Sybirak Museum, Białystok
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
Poland
Białystok
Michal Szypowski as German POW
Michal Szypowski as German POW - Photo taken at Stalag XI B (Follingbostel, Germany), circa 1941-42.
Krystyna Szypowska
During WWII
Germany
Fallingbostel
September 1939 Campaign
Franciszek and Helena Kojder (back left)
Wladyslaw Beznowski (back right), Genia Beznowska (front right), with friends. Czary, Siberia 1941.
Apolonia Kojder
During WWII
Russia
North Battleford, Saskatchewa
Workers at the work camp in Russia
Jozef is in the bottom row, first on the right, holding an axe.
Daniela Toth
During WWII
Russia
Jozef at work, cutting wood
Jozef at work, cutting wood
Daniela Toth
During WWII
Russia
Jan Wójcik’s death certificate, issued in Tehran
Death, from dysentery, occurred in Krasnoborsk hospital, USSR on 1941-06-05, 2 months before the 'Amnesty'. (Jan Wójcik did forestry work in Piermogorskaja Zapan' - camp 108 in Archangielsk. His son, Pietruś, died on the same day, aged 8, in the camp.) The death certificate was issued on 1942-09-14, to his widow Józefa Wójcik, in Teheran Civilian Camp No. 3.
Stanisława Wherrett
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
Jan Raczkowski – details from IPN database
Details on his arrest and his imprisonment in the USSR
Henry Robaszewski
During WWII
Ksawery Harajda in Siberia
Ksawery Harajda in Siberia
Izabela Madajska-Kociuba
During WWII
Russian document
One of the Russian documents from the collection of Katarzyna Prociuk, exiled to Kazakhstan 1940-1945.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Red Cross document
Red Cross letter from Aleksander Prociuk, a POW in Germany, looking for his wife Katarzyna who had been deported to Kazakhstan.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Germany
Letter from exile (3)
Letter from Tomasz Prociuk, exiled with his mother Katarzyna and brother Jurek in Kazakhstan from 1940-45, to his father Aleksander Prociuk, who was in a German POW camp after the September 1939 campaign.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Letter from exile (2)
Letter from Tomasz Prociuk, exiled with his mother Katarzyna and brother Jurek in Kazakhstan from 1940-45, to his father Aleksander Prociuk, who was in a German POW camp after the September 1939 campaign.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Letter from exile (1)
Letter from Tomasz Prociuk, exiled with his mother Katarzyna and brother Jurek in Kazakhstan from 1940-45, to his father Aleksander Prociuk, who was in a German POW camp after the September 1939 campaign
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Kazakhstan
Jerzy Prociuk
Jerzy Prociuk was deported to Kazakhstan with his mother Katarzyna and brother Tomasz 13 April 1940, and repatriated to Poland in 1945.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Poland
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
Post card received by Morawski Family
Post card received by Morawski Family
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
A song about the Polish exiles in Poldniewica
A song about the Polish exiles in Poldniewica
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
“”"Amnesty”" document of K. Morawski and his daughter Barbara”
“”"Amnesty”" document of K. Morawski and his daughter Barbara”
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
Director’s certificate, Polish orphange in Wabkend
Director’s certificate, Polish orphange in Wabkend
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Buhara
Group of women in Poldniewcia
Group of women in Poldniewcia
Barbara Charuba
During WWII
Poland
Poldniewica, Szaryński Rajon, Gorkowskoja Oblast
Poludniewica 1940 – Watrasiewic Family
Location of the labour camp: Poludniewica, Szarynski Rajon, Gorkowskaja Oblast (1940).
Bohdan Watrasiewic
During WWII
Russia
Gorkowskaja Oblast
Maria Łubina
Maria Łubina
Stanisław Gendera
During WWII
Eugeniusz Łubina in Siberia
Eugeniusz Łubina in Siberia
Stanisław Gendera
During WWII
Rail construction in Siberia
Rail construction in Siberia
Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna
During WWII
Russia
Zosia Krukowska
Children in a Siberian Labour Camp The back of the photograph says... Na wygnaniu w tajgach W Archangelskiej oblasci. Zaozeirze 23.V.1941 roku. The autographs of the girls are: Teresa Jaworska, Olenka Rewajanka, Z. Rewanjanka, Halina Sobocka, Danuta Sobocka, Halina Makowska, Blan..a (..could be another n or rz) and my mother Magdalena Krukowska. My mother is the middle girl standing in the back row with the very thick braids. This photo was taken a couple of days before her 16th birthday. Does anyone recognize any of these names or faces?
Zosia Krukowska
During WWII
Russia
Archangelsk
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