Stalin's Ethnic Cleansing in Eastern Poland: Tales of the Deported, 1940-1946

10th February 2nd Polish Corps Ahvaz amnesty Archangel arrived barracks began Borderlands bread brother bunk beds cadets camp cattle trucks centre civilian collective farm daddy daughter deported died District door Drohiczyn Dubno England exile father forest girls grammar school Guzar horses hospital hunger husband huts Janina joined journey Józef Jurek Kermine Kotlas Krasnovodsk Krzemieniec land later leave lived loaded logs Łuck Lwów managed Maria military settlers morning mother moved mummy neighbours night NKVD once organised orphanage osada pack Pahlevi parents Persia Poland Poles Polish Army posiolek potatoes prisoners Radziwiłłów railway station reached river Równe Russian sister sledges snow soldiers soup Soviet Union Stanisław started stayed stood stopped stove taken Tashkent Tatishchevo Teheran told took town train transport travelled trees typhoid Ukrainians USSR Uzbek Uzbekistan village Volhynia wagons weeks wife Władysław Zofia