TY - JOUR
TI - Polish soldiers in Soviet work camps in the Far North of the USSR — based on the account of second lieutenant Tadeusz Michalak
AU - Weber, Kamil
TI - Polish soldiers in Soviet work camps in the Far North of the USSR — based on the account of second lieutenant Tadeusz Michalak
AB - Countless Polish soldiers died in Soviet camps. Main causes of death included mass executions, terrible living conditions, and the brutality of the Soviet security service officers. Many soldiers owed their survival to the sudden political shift resulting from the attack of the Third Reich on the Soviet Union. Before that happened, though, they had to struggle with difficult circumstances and endure forced labor in camps in the Far North. The account of second lieutenant Tadeusz Michalak sheds light on the harsh reality of prisoners’ lives. He described his own military career — participation in the September campaign, detention camps in Lithuania, the horror of Soviet imprisonment, and joining the so-called Anders’s Army.
VL - 2023
IS - Vol. X
PY - 2024
SN - 2391-890X
C1 - 2720-4774
SP - 209
EP - 224
DO - 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.23.010.19249
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/polscy-zolnierze-w-sowieckich-obozach-pracy-na-dalekiej-polnocy-zsrs-na-podstawie-relacji-ppor-tadeusza-michalaka
KW - Tadeusz Michalak
KW - Polish prisoners of war
KW - Soviet imprisonment
KW - Ponoy
KW - Kola Peninsula