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Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939

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over the status of soldiers taken captive and whether they qualified for treatment as PoWs. Jurists consider that the absence of a formal declaration of war does not absolve a power from the obligations of civilised conduct towards PoWs. On the contrary, failure to do so makes those involved, both leaders and operational subordinates, liable to charges of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity."
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Sanford, pp. 22–3; See also, Sanford, p 39: "The Soviet Union's invasion and occupation of Eastern Poland in September 1939 was a clear act of aggression in international law...But the Soviets did not declare war, nor did the Poles respond with a declaration of war. As a result there was confusion
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during September Campaign in 1939. When the news of the Soviet invasion had reached him, General Kowalewski set off on the southeastern direction, where he clashed with approaching Soviet army. In the meantime, General of the Armies announced the directive not to engage Soviets unless provoked.
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had issued the order to form Polish Army in the Soviet Union after the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, Stanisław Haller was to be appointed the Commander in Chief of that army. Oblivious to Sikorski, Haller had been dead since 1940, when he fell victim to the Katyń
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The Soviets often failed to honour the terms of surrender. In some cases, they promised Polish soldiers freedom after capitulation and then arrested them when they laid down their arms. Some Polish soldiers were murdered shortly after capture, like General
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when they withdrew recognition of the Polish government at the start of the invasion. The Soviets regarded captured Polish military personnel not as prisoners-of-war, but as counter-revolutionaries resisting the legal Soviet reclamation of western
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and Beria — signed an order for the execution of "nationalists and counter-revolutionaries" kept at camps and prisons in western Ukraine and Belarus. This execution became known as the
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in June 1940 and accused of list of 'crimes'. The last trace of the general is receipt put by the commander of convoy in December 1940. The general was likely shot by a firing squad in
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On September 17, 1939, the Red Army invaded the territory of Poland from the east. The invasion took place while Poland was already sustaining serious defeats in the wake of the
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and seen by the Soviets as a threat to their establishment of a power base in Poland. Relatively few were sent to the Soviet Union (although there were notable exceptions, see
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Once at the camps, from October 1939 to February 1940, the Poles were subjected to lengthy interrogations and constant political agitation by NKVD officers such as
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on 3 December that "in all, 1,057 former officers of the Polish Army had been arrested". The 25,000 soldiers and non-commissioned officers were assigned to
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The note from Beria which was signed by members of the Soviet Politburo; it decided the fate (mass execution) of Polish officers, dated 5 March 1940
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A Soviet propaganda poster urging the civilians to beware of spies; in this case a man in the shadows wearing Polish officers parade uniform.
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of September 10: Schulenburg, the German ambassador in the Soviet Union, to the German Foreign Office. Moscow, 10 September 1939-9:40 p.m.;
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against the Soviet oppression in 1939. He was detained by the NKVD, and died in 1940 during tortures inflicted by the NKVD interrogators.
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who were still being held as POWs. In December, a wave of arrests took into custody some Polish officers who were not yet imprisoned;
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on 19 September 1939 along with the hastily organized Polish units heading toward Polish-Hungarian border. He was detained in
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As early as September 19, 1939, the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs and First Rank Commissar of State Security,
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General Kowalewski followed the order and capitulated to Soviets. Imprisoned and relocated to Starobielsk, murdered in
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Poland and the Soviet Union never officially declared war on each other in 1939; the Soviets effectively broke off
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Some Polish prisoners were freed or escaped, but 125,000 found themselves incarcerated in prison camps run by the
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and proceeded to organize a network of reception centers and transit camps and to arrange rail transport to
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1939 wrzesień 17, Moskwa Nota rządu sowieckiego nie przyjęta przez ambasadora Wacława Grzybowskiego
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of 17 September Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Last accessed on 14 November 2006;
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in 1940. His fate is unknown, but he is suspected to have died of exhaustion in the Kiev prison.
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Kozelsk and Starobielsk held mainly military officers, while Ostashkov was used mainly for
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Polish policemen and civilians captured by the Red Army after the Soviet invasion of Poland
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The third group of Polish prisoners were members of Polish resistance organizations (
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Polish prisoners of war captured by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland
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Shared history, divided memory: Jews and others in Soviet-occupied Poland, 1939-1941
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Camps for Polish prisoners and internees in Soviet Union and Lithuania (1919-1921)
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to manage Polish prisoners. The NKVD took custody of Polish prisoners from the
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to look for allies. Thus the military agreement from August 14 and subsequent
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According to a report from 19 November 1939, the NKVD had about 40,000 Polish
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a month later. He has been missing since then, presumably killed by the NKVD.
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The Changing Political Structure of Europe: aspects of International law
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Diplomatic relations were, however, re-established in 1941 after the
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supervision of prisoners - on the grounds that it had not signed the
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The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity
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that started on September 1, 1939. The Soviets moved to safeguard
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Simon-Dubnow-Institut für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur (2007).
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from August 17, 1941, resulted in Stalin agreeing to declare the
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Katyn and the Soviet massacre of 1940: truth, justice and memory
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Camps for Russian prisoners and internees in Poland (1919–1924)
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Soviet camp, he was eventually murdered in the Katyń massacre.
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Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees
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Death in the Forest: The Story of the Katyn Forest Massacre
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held in Soviet camps. Pursuant to an agreement between the
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Forced migration in Central and Eastern Europe, 1939-1950
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Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz Rydz and the Defense of Poland
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former Polish territories now annexed by the Soviet Union
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in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers became
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World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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Decision to commence investigation into Katyn Massacre
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and assumed custody of Polish troops interned there.
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1167:978-3-86583-240-5 1128:978-0-7146-5132-3 1087:978-0-415-33873-8 858:, New York, 1978. 247:near Ostashkov), 4764: 4707: 4700: 4693: 4690:World portal 4688: 4687: 4663: 4656: 4649: 4642: 4633: 4626: 4619: 4610: 4603: 4596: 4589: 4582: 4575: 4566: 4559: 4552: 4550:Prague offensive 4545: 4543:Battle of Berlin 4538: 4531: 4524: 4517: 4510: 4503: 4496: 4489: 4487:Vienna offensive 4482: 4475: 4468: 4466:Battle of Manila 4461: 4441: 4432: 4423: 4416: 4407: 4400: 4393: 4386: 4379: 4372: 4365: 4356: 4347: 4340: 4331: 4324: 4317: 4310: 4301: 4294: 4287: 4280: 4273: 4266: 4259: 4250: 4243: 4234: 4225: 4216: 4209: 4207:Korsun–Cherkassy 4202: 4191: 4169: 4160: 4153: 4146: 4139: 4132: 4125: 4118: 4109: 4102: 4095: 4088: 4079: 4072: 4065: 4058: 4051: 4049:Bombing of Gorky 4044: 4037: 4030: 4010: 4003: 3994: 3987: 3980: 3971: 3964: 3957: 3950: 3939: 3932: 3925: 3918: 3916:Battle of Midway 3911: 3904: 3902:Battle of Gazala 3897: 3890: 3883: 3876: 3869: 3862: 3855: 3835: 3828: 3821: 3814: 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Index

Soviet invasion of Poland
prisoners of war
Katyn massacre
Soviet invasion of Poland




German
attack on the country
their claims
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Red Army
Baltic States
Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński
Grabowiec
Zamość
battle of Szack
KOP
Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann
Soviet 52nd Rifle Division
Grodno
NKVD
former Polish territories now annexed by the Soviet Union
diplomatic relations
Ukraine
West Belarus
Red Cross
1929 Geneva Convention
Hague Convention

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