Gallery – The Katyn Massacres

Porucznik Eugeniusz Pieklo my fathers principal and teacher from his secondary school in Dzierkowszczyzna Poland, murdered at Katyn.

Ron Aksonowicz

During WWII

Poland

Polish soldiers held prisonner in a camp

During WWII

Plan of Kozielsk Camp

During WWII

Kozielsk Camp - Signed, but signature is unclear.

During WWII

Black sun of Katyn - Centomirski Copyright

Stefan Centomirski

During WWII

Letter written by Franciszek Iwanica to his wife Olga Iwanica from a prison in the Twer District of Russia (NW of Moscow) where Franciszek was imprisoned with other Polish officers in 1940. Ostashkov (Russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 199 km west of Tver on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger. (Info from Google Map)

Janina Iwanica

During WWII

Russia

Osztasków (Ostashkov), Oblast Kalininskaja (Tver)

Letter written by Franciszek Iwanica to his wife Olga Iwanica from a prison in the Twer District of Russia (NW of Moscow) where Franciszek was imprisoned with other Polish officers in 1940. Ostashkov (Russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 199 km west of Tver on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger. (Info from Google Map)

Janina Iwanica

During WWII

Russia

Osztasków (Ostashkov), Oblast Kalininskaja (Tver)

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Addressed to Olga Iwanica, Majskiego region, ... Kirow ...

Janina Iwanica

During WWII

Russia

Majskiego

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Letter written by Franciszek Iwanica to his wife Olga Iwanica from a prison in the Twer District of Russia (NW of Moscow) where Franciszek was imprisoned with other Polish officers in 1940. Ostashkov (Russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 199 km west of Tver on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger. (Info from Google Map)

Janina Iwanica

During WWII

Russia

Osztasków (Ostashkov), Oblast Kalininskaja (Tver)

Stanislaw Adam Zemanek. In 1933 he was transferred to the Command of the Corps District No. III in Grodno

Poland

Stanislaw and Maria with their children, Jadwiga (Jadwiga Kabza) and Zofia (Zofia Zwierz) named Sophie Zeville after the war.

During WWII

September 1939 Campaign

Stanislaw Adam Zwierz

Poland

Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."

Wanda Troman

During WWII

Poland

Wysokie Litewskie

September 1939 Campaign

Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."

Wanda Troman

During WWII

Poland

Wysokie Litewskie

September 1939 Campaign

Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."

Wanda Troman

During WWII

Poland

Wysokie Litewskie

September 1939 Campaign

Memorial plaque in Bykownia cemetery with the details of Franciszek Turkiewicz.

Mark Turkiewicz

After WWII

ofiara zbrodni katyńskiej

Sybirak Assoc - Łódź

Before WWII

Poland

Białostockie

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Eugeniusz Jóswikiewicz, son of Gustaw. This letter was written from him in Kozielsk to his wife in Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Russia

Kozielsk

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Eugeniusz Jóswikiewicz, son of Gustaw. This letter was written from him in Kozielsk to his wife in Warsaw (this is an English translation, the original is published in Polish). Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Russia

Kozielsk

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Alojzy Mrozik, son of Piotr. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Andrzej Marzecki, son of Piotr. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Bołesław Kazimierz Rutyński, son of Kazimierz. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Bronisław Lubinkowski, son of Witold. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed in the Katyn Massacres - Edwin Finger (son of Gustaw). Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed in the Katyn Massacres - Edwin Finger (son of Gustaw). Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Eugeniusz Jóswikiewicz, son of Gustaw. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Henryk Sułkowski, son of Adam. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Henryk Sułkowski, son of Adam. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Henryk Sułkowski, son of Adam. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Henryk Sułkowski, son of Adam. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.

Katyn Museum, Warsaw

During WWII

Poland

Polish navy