Gallery – Soviet Forced Labour
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stiepanówka in the Urals, USSR
Slave labour camp in which Władysław & his family stayed after being deported by the Russian NKVD in February 1940. Photo taken in 1940.
Barbara Ryszkowska
During WWII
Russia
Stiepanówka, Oblast Mołotowska
Stiepanówka in the Urals, USSR
Slave labour camp in which Wacława and her family stayed after being deported by the Russian NKVD on 10 February 1940. Photo taken in 1940.
Barbara Ryszkowska
During WWII
Russia
Stiepanówka, Oblast Mołotowska
list z zesłania
list z zesłania
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland
Korszunówka, irkucki
potwierdzenie nadania przesyłki
potwierdzenie nadania przesyłki
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland
potwierdzenie nadania/odebrania przesyłki
potwierdzenie nadania/odebrania przesyłki
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland
list z zesłania
list z zesłania
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland
Korszunówka, irkucki
potwierdzenie nadania przesyłki
potwierdzenie nadania przesyłki
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland