In April 1940, Irena Cecylia Manturo was deported to northern Kazakhstan.
Stefan Pijarski: Father died in the taiga, mother was defeated by illness…
Stefan Pijarski, aged 13, was deported to Siberia on 10 February 1940.
Spring in the Pasture in Zagot Skot, 1945…
“Gienek! This photo is taken in the pasture in Zagot-Skot…”
For It Was Winter. 40 Degrees of Frost…
Jasia Andruszkiewicz (née Perwenis) was 13 years old when she and her family were deported by the Soviets from Maciejkowa Góra in the Białystok region to the Chelyabinsk region. After two years, the family moved to Kazakhstan.
Minusinsk – A Town of Exiles and Industrialists
Minusinsk is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai where Poles were sent.
In the Backyard Garden – Pre-war Białystok
The Mielnik family before deportation.
Kachyry, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
The Glijer family in Kazakhstan.
Maria Prejzner with Her Children, Lebyazhka, Altai Krai
The Prejzner family was deported on 10 February 1940 from the Ponikła forester’s lodge in the Białystok Forest District.
Krysia Jaworowska from Zaścianki
Krysia Jaworowska was a year and a half old at the time of deportation. Together with her parents, Józef and Olga, and her uncle she was deported on...
The Nowik Family from Zababie
This photograph of the Nowik family from the military hamlet of Zababie near Pruzhana.












