Siberia

Polish families condemned to Siberian ice

From 1940 onward, Soviet authorities carried out four mass deportations, transporting hundreds of thousands of Poles from occupied eastern territories to Siberia and Central Asia. In inhumane conditions, without food or warm clothing, thousands of deportees perished from cold, hunger, and disease. Siberia became a synonym for Soviet crime and the Polish fate — unyielding endurance in the face of annihilation.