Poland Prison camp survivors given Siberian Cross by Poland

[JPL]

Survivors of Soviet prison camps, and their families, have been presented with Siberian Crosses more than 70 years later. The Polish government medal honours more than one million Polish civilians sent to Russia by Stalin after 1939. Read the complete article: http://www.bbc.co.uk...-leeds-16907054

Jean-Paul

[Igor Ostapenko]

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[Lukasz Gaszewski]

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The first is the Cross of Deported to Siberia, a state-awarded decoration of 2003, conferred to Polish citizens deported into the USSR (not only to Siberia), following the Soviet attack on Poland of September 17, 1939.

The second is a Cross of Merit of the Association of the Deported to Siberia, an organizational award.

[Aahauge]

Cross of the Deported of the Warmia-Masuria Region:

Established: September 1998 by the Association of Formerly Deported to Siberia.

Polish: Krzyz Deportowanych Regionu Warminsko-Mazurskiego.

Awarded to members from the Warmia-Masuria Region of the Association for outstanding merit. In exceptional cases it could be awarded to non-members.