Ján Bačkovský

Born on 24 October 1919 in Štefurov near Bardejov. In 1939 he decided to escape to the USSR and left home at the end of November that year.

Egon Morgenstern

Imrich Gablech

Born in 1915. Fled to Poland in 1939 as a military aviator. Arrested by Soviet soldiers and sentenced to five years in the Gulag. Released in 1941.

Alexander Snovsky - Dead Track Prisoner

He never forgot and did everything he could to make sure it would not be forgotten. Arrested 1949 in Leningrad, sent to build a railway in northern...

Anton a Karel Šilhaví

Anton Šilhavý pomáhal elektrifikovat SSSR, zatčen v roce 1936, poslán na Kolymu a popraven. Karel Šilhavý pracoval v SSSR jako inženýr, zatčen 1938...

Gertrud Platais - German in female camp

In 1932, she left for the Soviet Union in the hope of a better life. In 1938 she was arrested and sent to the Alzhir women's camp in Kazakhstan. Sh...

Evženie Věsniková-Němečková - Family in the grip of the Gulag and the Gestapo

She received a medal from Stalin, then her husband was executed, her son (who later became the Soviet national artist) was taken away from her, and...

Irena Wołoszczuk (Kropka)

Born in 1933 in Antoniny in pre-war Poland (today Ukaraine). Deported to Vitjunino in 1940. Forced to work at wood cutting. After the Sikorski-Majs...

Mass deportations of Ukrainians: from history to Russia's modern crimes

24 February 2024 marks two years since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine. Russia is committing many crimes against the Ukrainian ...