Overview of the The Story of the lost Polish officers mimeograph

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Title: The Story of the lost Polish officers mimeograph
Date (inclusive): 1943
Collection Number: 88056
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 item (31 p.) (1 folder) (0.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to the internment of Polish officers in prison camps in Starobel'sk, Kozel'sk and Ostashkov in the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940, to the subsequent disappearance of these officers, and to efforts of the Polish government in exile to obtain information of their fate. Written by an anonymous Polish officer interned for a time in Starobel'sk.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], The Story of the lost Polish officers mimeograph, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Relates to the internment of Polish officers in prison camps in Starobel'sk, Kozel'sk and Ostashkov in the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940, to the subsequent disappearance of these officers, and to efforts of the Polish government in exile to obtain information of their fate. Written by an anonymous Polish officer interned for a time in Starobel'sk.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Poland
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Prisoners of war
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940
Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne