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Lviv

A Polish city after WWI, it was occupied by the Red Army at the end of September 1939. From October 1939 to June 1941 housed several NKVD prisons and interrogation centres. After the war the location of an NKVD camp for POWs and internees.

Pavel Zoc

Born in Ukraine in 1900. Emigrated to Czechoslovakia in 1919. Arrested by the NKVD in May 1945. Sentenced to 10 years in Pechorlag. Returned to Pra...

Sofia Malylju

Born in 1926 in Czechoslovakia. Studied in Prague. Arrested in Lvov in 1948. Passed through the Gulag at Kolyma and Tayshet. Released in 1956.

Franciszek Michał Amałowicz „Tatar”

Born in Poland in 1903, doctor and oficer of Polish Army in the rank of major. Arrested in November 1944 by Polish communist. In December 1946 sent...

Wanda Chwastowska-Bystram

Born on 30 April 1916, she was sentenced to ten years for espionage and deported to Perm in 1945. She went through harsh camps in Lyovshin and Bere...

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 ...