The mysteries hidden in pictures - THE WORLD OF SYBIR

The story of one photograph

This photograph came to our Museum from the family of Jan Witusiak, who was deported with his family to the village of Teja in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Before we published it on...

A Group of Deportees with Their Guards, Teja, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 1940-1945

The Witusiak family was deported on 10 February 1940 to the village of Teja in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Jan worked at floating timber.

Airmen of the 300th Bomb Squadron “Land of Mazovia”, Faldingworth, United Kingdom, 1945–1946

The man standing in the middle is Eugeniusz Pietrzak. Who are the men standing around him?

The personnel and patients of a hospital in Moscow, 1944

The personnel and patients of a hospital in Moscow, 1944. Among the patients are participants in the Battle of Lenino. Who were they?

Sybiraks joining the Anders’ Army, Airtau, 1942

Released from the forced labour camps and prisons ex-soldiers as well as civilians reported to recriutment points. Among them there were people from this photograph.

Girls deported from the vicinity of Sokółka to the settlement of Taparok, Irkutsk Region, 1945

The photograph shows a group of girls deported from the Sokółka area. Among them is Feliksa Górewicz

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