Michał Niemirski
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Michał Niemirski, son of Alfred. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Stanisław Gargul document page 1
Polish Navy officer executed in the Katyn Massacres - Stanisław Gargul son of Józef. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Katyn poster in Warsaw
This poster in Warsaw commemorates the Ukraine List of Katyn victims in Bykownia-Kiev, where Jan Pacewicz was executed.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
Poland
Warsaw
Stanisław Maltze
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD Spring 1940. Stanisław Maltze, son of Wihelm. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Michał Niemirski
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Michał Niemirski, son of Alfred. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Katyn Ukraine List Memo
Letter from Tsvetukhin, Head of Special Section No 1 of the NKVD of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Senior State Security Lieutenant with the files of 3,435 prisoners in 5 bags (the Katyn Ukraine List) to Bashtakov, NKVD, Major of State Security, Moscow. File of Jan Pacewicz included in this.
Anna Pacewicz
Ukraine
Kiev
Postcard regarding missing Policeman killed in Katyn 2
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
Władysław Jasik
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD in the Spring of 1940. Władysław Jasik, son of Jan. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Henryk Sułkowski
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
Mikołaj Genzel
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Mikołaj Genzel, son of Pawł. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Jan Pacewicz
Police constable, Rowne Constabulary, Wolyn killed Katyn Massacres 1940
Anna Pacewicz
Before WWII
Poland
Rowne, Wolyn
Idzi Grudniewicz
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Idzi Grudniewicz, son of Władysław. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Mikołaj Genzel
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Mikołaj Genzel, son of Pawł. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Katyn Ukraine List Memo 2
First page of the file of the 3,435 prisoners from the Katyn Ukraine List. The files were in 5 bags and were accompanied with a letter from Tsvetukhin, Head of Special Section No 1 of the NKVD of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Senior State Security Lieutenant to Bashtakov, NKVD, Major of State Security, Moscow. File of my grandfather Jan Pacewicz murdered in Katyn Kiev-Bykownia included in this.
Anna Pacewicz
During WWII
Ukraine
Kiev
Janusz Podczaski
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Janusz Podczaski, son of Józef. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki was born near Wilno and became the Deputy Commander of the Chief of the Polish Navy in the Ministry of Military Affairs. After the German invasion of Poland in Sept 1939 Czernicki was evacuated east to Pinsk and Brody. He was captured with a group of Polish Navy officers by the Soviets and transferred to the special POW camp at Kozelsk. In the spring of 1940 he was murdered, aged 57, in the Katyn massacres. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Katyn Ukraine List Memo 3
Page of the file of the 3,435 prisoners from the Katyn Ukraine List detailing my grandfather Jan Pacewicz (no 2238 born in 1895). The files were in 5 bags and were accompanied with a letter from Tsvetukhin, Head of Special Section No 1 of the NKVD of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Senior State Security Lieutenant to Bashtakov, NKVD, Major of State Security, Moscow. File of my grandfather Jan Pacewicz murdered in Katyn Kiev-Bykownia.
Anna Pacewicz
During WWII
Ukraine
Kiev
Janusz Podczaski
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Janusz Podczaski, son of Józef. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki was born near Wilno and became the Deputy Commander of the Chief of the Polish Navy in the Ministry of Military Affairs. After the German invasion of Poland in Sept 1939 Czernicki was evacuated east to Pinsk and Brody. He was captured with a group of Polish Navy officers by the Soviets and transferred to the special POW camp at Kozelsk. In the spring of 1940 he was murdered, aged 57, in the Katyn massacres. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Katyn Ukraine List Memo 4
Last page of the file of the 3,435 prisoners from the Katyn Ukraine List. The files were in 5 bags and were accompanied with a letter from Tsvetukhin, Head of Special Section No 1 of the NKVD of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Senior State Security Lieutenant to Bashtakov, NKVD, Major of State Security, Moscow. File of my grandfather Jan Pacewicz murdered in Katyn Kiev-Bykownia and is detailed in this list.
Anna Pacewicz
During WWII
Ukraine
Kiev
Letter from Franciszek Iwanica to his wife Olga Iwanica
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)
Polish Honour Guard ceremony
The opening ceremony of the Katyn memorial & cemetery in Bykownia-Kiev, Ukraine was given a full military state funeral. Here is the Polish Honour Guard who fired three volleys into the air in honour of the victims - the 3,435 victims of the Katyn Ukraine List. This included Jan Pacewicz, PP Rowne.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
Ukraine
Kiev
Envelope addressed to Olga Iwanica
Addressed to Olga Iwanica, Majskiego region, ... Kirow ...
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Russia
Majskiego
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Leon Moszczeński
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Leon Moszczeński, son of Ferdynand. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Stanisław Gargul
Polish Navy officer executed in the Katyn Massacres - Stanisław Gargul son of Józef. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy
Letter from Franciszek Iwanica to his wife Olga Iwanica
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)
Plaque for Katyn victim Jan Pacewicz
Plaque for Jan Pacewicz, PP Rowne, at the Polish cemetery in Bykownia-Kiev, Ukraine for the Katyn Ukraine List vicitms.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
Ukraine
Kiev
Eugeniusz Jóswikiewicz
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
Henryk Sułkowski
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
Michał Niemirski
Polish Navy officer executed at Katyń by the Soviet NKVD, Spring 1940. Michał Niemirski, son of Alfred. Source: Katyn Museum, Warsaw.
Katyn Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Poland
Polish navy