ALEKSANDER GRYMEK

1. Personal data:

Gunner Aleksander Grymek, 29 years old, paver, bachelor.

2. Date and circumstances of the arrest:

On 15 April 1941 in my own apartment.

3. Name of the camp:

Nizhny Tagil.

4. Description of the camp:

Forest, barracks, 80 people in each barrack.

5. Social composition of POWs:

Mostly Ruthenians.

6. Life in the camp:

The work lasted 12 hours, it was felling trees in the forest. High quotas, no payment, we were not given clothes.

7. Attitude of the NKVD towards Poles:

Hostile. If you didn’t go to work, you were beaten. Meetings twice a week.

8. Medical assistance, hospitals, mortality:

There was a doctor and a hospital. Mortality – four to five people per month.

9. Was it possible to keep in touch with the home country and your family?

I had no contact.

10. When were you released and how did you join the army?

On 22 December 1941. I went by train from the camp to Kermine, where I joined the army.