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#OTD 81 years ago, the USSR began the first WWII mass deportation of Polish citizens from the eastern borderlands occupied by the Soviet Union on Sept. 17, 1939.
Polish fellers (incl. children) at the #Połdniewica posiołek, Gorky Oblast, USSR. 1940/41. (Collection of W. Maj)
Polish fellers (incl. children) at the #Połdniewica posiołek, Gorky Oblast, USSR. 1940/41. (Collection of W. Maj)
During #WWII, Polish civilians were deported by the USSR in four waves: February 10, April 13, and June 29, 1940, and June 1941.
The deportations were executed as part of a campaign to rid the region of “anti-Soviet elements” deemed hostile to communist rule.
The deportations were executed as part of a campaign to rid the region of “anti-Soviet elements” deemed hostile to communist rule.
This map – created by the Cartography Service of the Polish Army in the East – estimates the total number of Polish citizens (1,050,000) deported by the USSR from Soviet occupied eastern Poland during the years 1939-1941. Results are shown by region.
