1. Personal details (name, surname, rank, age, occupation and marital status):
Cannoneer Wiesław Lipiński, 18 years old, student.
2. Date and circumstances of arrest:
I was arrested and deported to Kazakhstan on 13 April 1940. Deported instead of my father who had been previously arrested.
3. Name of the collective farm:
Budyonny, Urlitepsk [Uspen?] region, Pavlodar Oblast (slow deportation).
4. Description of the camp:
Lowland area, buildings—mud huts, housing conditions very bad. Hygiene—none.
5. Composition of deportees:
Polish nationality, families arrested in the homeland. High level of intelligence, moral standard too. Good relations.
6. Life on the collective farm:
Agricultural work, bad working conditions, quotas in percentages, pay in kind—minimal, very bad meals, own clothes. Camaraderie and cultural life very good.
7. Conduct of the NKVD towards the Poles:
Very bad.
8. Medical assistance:
None. No hospitals, low mortality.
9. Communication with the homeland:
Postal communication with family and friends.
10. Released:
After the amnesty, I joined the army with the help of the Polish station in Pavlodar.