World War II related deportations, expulsions and similar displacements
'40 to '41 The Soviets deported hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens, most in four mass waves. The accepted figure was over 1.5 million[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The most conservative figures[8][9][10] use recently found NKVD documents showing 309,000[11][12][13] to 381,220[13][14]. The Soviets didn’t recognised ethnic minorities as Polish citizens[12][15], some of the figures are based on those given an amnesty rather than deported[2][12] and not everyone was eligible for the amnesty[16] therefore the new figures are considered too low[10][12][17]. The original figures were: February, 1940[18][19] over 220,000[6][20]; April around 315,000[6][20][21]; June-July 1940 between 240,000[6] to 400,000[20]; June, 1941, 200,000[22] to 300,000[6].
References
^Davies, N. (1986) God's Playground A History of Poland Volume II Clarendon ISBN 0-19-821944-X Page 451
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abPolian, P. (2004) Against their Will CEU Press ISBN 963-9241-73-3 Page 119
^Hope, M. (2005) Polish Deportees in the Soviet Union, Veritas ISBN 0 948202 76 9 Pages 29
World War II related deportations, expulsions and similar displacements
'40 to '41 The Soviets deported hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens, most in four mass waves. The accepted figure was over 1.5 million[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The most conservative figures[8][9][10] use recently found NKVD documents showing 309,000[11][12][13] to 381,220[13][14]. The Soviets didn’t recognised ethnic minorities as Polish citizens[12][15], some of the figures are based on those given an amnesty rather than deported[2][12] and not everyone was eligible for the amnesty[16] therefore the new figures are considered too low[10][12][17]. The original figures were: February, 1940[18][19] over 220,000[6][20]; April around 315,000[6][20][21]; June-July 1940 between 240,000[6] to 400,000[20]; June, 1941, 200,000[22] to 300,000[6].
References
^Davies, N. (1986) God's Playground A History of Poland Volume II Clarendon ISBN 0-19-821944-X Page 451
^
abPolian, P. (2004) Against their Will CEU Press ISBN 963-9241-73-3 Page 119
^Hope, M. (2005) Polish Deportees in the Soviet Union, Veritas ISBN 0 948202 76 9 Pages 29