Gallery – Soviet Mass Deportations

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Helen Bitner

Before WWII

Poland

Postcard type letter written to family in Soviet Union from Polish army camp in Guzar, Uzbekistan, "Dear mother and sisters"

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Uzbekistan

Guzar

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Soviet Travel Document_front

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Poland

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Soviet Travel Document_back

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Poland

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

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)

Indigenous villager Omsk region 1942

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Poland

Omsk

posiolek Gorna Kamionka

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Poland

Postcard from Polish army camp in Guzar, Uzbekistan to family in the Soviet Union (addressed to Sokolowska, Anna)

Henry Sokolowski

During WWII

Uzbekistan

Polish army camp, Guzar

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Dojdziemy = we'll get there

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

During WWII

Russia

Shows the Deportation to Siberia, and the journey out, 1940-1946

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

During WWII

Czerwona Gwiazda CCCP- WWII Russian Army Hat Pin. It is probably the same as the pin worn by Russian Soldiers during the forced deportations of Poles to Siberia on Feb 10, 1940.

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

During WWII

Russia

Siberian Gulag, Vizyay near Kudymkar in the Komi-Permskaya Oblast, Russia - The Styrna and Kolodziej families were taken there on Feb 10, 1940. Forced Deportation to Siberian Gulag.

Russia

Russia is know all over the world for it's GULAGS. Here is a map of the major ones, along with the favorite names for Russia, and some favorite Russian phrases/words

After WWII

Russia

" Pochod na Siberia… " by Artur Grottger in 1910 from his series " Wieczory Zimowe ser. I " (1866) depicts deportations of Poles to Siberia after the National Uprising in 1863 against the Russians. This B&W print is hand-colored and the print has "Naklad S. W. Niemojowskiego we Lwowie", meaning it was printed in Lwow by S. W. Niemojowski .

Before WWII

Russia

Map showing Russia/Siberia. Published by Arbukle Brothers, New York.

During WWII

Russia

Deportation wagon - Drawn by Stefan Maczka

Elzunia Olsson

During WWII

Russia

Plan of Monastyriok Camp - Drawn by Stefan Maczka

Elzunia Olsson

During WWII

Russia

Scene on a deportation train - Drawn by m. Kuczynski

During WWII

Original drawing by Eleonora Zieniewicz, age 31, deported with her six year old son Zdzislaw (Zdzisio), from the Poddebowe Forest Ranger's Lodge (near Czuczewicze, Pow. Luniniec, Woj. Polesie) to the Vologda Oblast of the USSR. On Mar. 25, 1940 her husband Wlodzimierz, a forest ranger, disappeared in Russia - never to be seen again. This drawing is the only remainder of their son, left behind in a Soviet cemetery. He died of cold and starvation, only a few months after being deported.

Eleonora Zieniewicz

During WWII

Siberia forest center and train - by Telesfor Sobierajski

Sibberian Work Camp - by Telesfor Sobierajski

Soviet labour camp scene - unknown artist

Soviet Deportation train - unknown artist

Soviet Deportation train - unknown artist

Soviet Deportation train - artist unknown

Soviet Deportation train - artist unknown

Child’s drawing after amnesty - Drawn by Danuta Maczka, 19 Nov 1941.

Elzunia Olsson

During WWII

Uzbekistan

Siberian Madona - Centomirski Copyright

Stefan Centomirski

During WWII

Road to Siberian work camp - Centomirski Copyright

Stefan Centomirski

During WWII

Requiem in Siberia - Centomirski Copyright

Stefan Centomirski

During WWII