Deportacje ludności polskiej z terenów wschodniej Rzeczpospolitej w latach 1940-1941
Deportations of the Polish population from the eastern part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the years 1940-1941

Summary/Abstract: This article describes deportation of Polish population during The Second World War. The deportation carried out by authorities of Soviet Union in years 1940-1941. Soviet Union invaded Poland on 17 september 1939 years and occupied 52,1 percent of Polish lands. During Soviet occupation evicted about from 350.000 to 1,2 million polish people. Polish people had to leave their homes. The Soviets deported polish citizens to Kazakhstan and Siberia. Polish citizens had to work hard there. The situation of Polish people was better after of the attack Third Reich on the USSR. They didn’t have to work hard and they could look for help. Polish civilians found help among Polish soldiers in USSR. They were evacuated with soldiers to Iran. Polish people couldn’t come back to Poland because the soviets were very dangerous. Poles had to leave to The United States, Great Britain and others countries. The article pay attention to the process of deportation according to instructions NKVD and memories of Polish citizens. Especially describes different things bound up of the polish deported for example their work hard, struggle with diseases, worry about food, culture, religion and so on.

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