'KATYN' Lists

KATYN is a term that has come to encompass a number of massacres perpetrated by the Russians during WW2 - in the Katyn Forest, at Charkow, and at Miednoje. Other locations have yet to be identified, and a complete listing of victims remains to be determined. The following are some of those lists.

Ukrainian List - 3,483 names: This is an listing of Polish citizens who were arrested and subsequently executed on the March 5th 1940 Soviet orders.

The list was compiled by the KARTA Organization from their Index of the Repressed, and other materials. It was then verified by both IPN (Institute of National Memory) and ROPWiM (Council for the Protection of Remembrance of Combat and Martyrdom).

Each entry includes (where available) the Family name and Given name(s), the Given names of the father, and the year of birth. You can see the original file located in the Index of the Repressed by clicking on Family name. Please note that the linked information is in Polish only. (Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document).

Byelorussian List - 1,149 names: This is an incomplete listing of Polish citizens who were arrested or taken to POW camps in Bialystok, Novogrod, Wilno, and Polesie provinces in 1939 or 1940. Persons included in the list could also have gone missing in the Soviet Union, or in the Wolyn, Stanislawow, Tarnopol or Lwow provinces occupied by the USSR. It is assumed that some of the individuals listed were murdered on the March 5th 1940 Soviet orders, and are part of the yet-to-be-discovered Byelorussian List.

Each entry includes (where available) the Family name and Given name(s), the Given names of the parents, the date and place of birth, the place of residence before the war, the occupation, and the circumstances of the individual’s disappearance. Details are frequently incomplete, and some may be incorrect. Some of the people listed may have been located in the interim. In many cases it is impossible to determine the eventual fate of the individual. (Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document).

Charkow List - 3,805 names: This is an listing of Polish citizens who were arrested and subsequently executed on the March 5th 1940 Soviet orders.

Each entry includes (where available) the Family name, First name, Middle Name, Date if Birth, the First names of the father, the First name of the mother, and the mother's Maiden name. You can see the original file (in Polish only) in the Index of the Repressed at this LINK. (Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document).

Partial Kozielsk List - 470 entries: This is an incomplete listing of Polish citizens who were arrested or taken to the Kozielsk POW camp.

The list was compiled by the KARTA Organization. It was verified by both IPN (Institute of National Memory) and ROPWiM (Council for the Protection of Remembrance of Combat and Martyrdom).

Each entry includes (where available) the Family name and First name(s), the Rank, and date of birth, the place of residence before the war, and the occupation. Details are frequently incomplete. Many entries have little or no information, other than the burial reference number. (Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document).

Katyn List of Posthumous Promotions - 14,113 names: List of those executed at KATYN, CHARKOW/CHARKIV/KHARKOV, TWER/TWIER/KALININ, and MIEDNOJE, posthumously given a higher rank. The list includes the reference number, the Rank, the Family Name & First Name, the Parent's Name, the person's Year of Birth, the Place of Death. The source of the list is: ROPWiM (Council for the Protection of Remembrance of Combat and Martyrdom). . The list is colour-coded, with the names divided in the following way:

* Green coloured text represents members of the Polish Army

* Blue coloured text represents members of the Police Services

* Brown coloured text represents members of the Border Guards

* Purple coloured text represents members of the Prison Services

(Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document).

More lists will be added, as they become available.