Family history
Finding a relative
A grandfather deported to Siberia, a great-grandmother in a camp, an uncle who fought at Monte Cassino or went missing in September 1939. These guides show where to look for traces of their fate: which archives and databases, with what details, and how to ask.
Start hereWhere to start →First steps: family papers, civil records, the IPN, Arolsen, the Red Cross – and choosing the right guide.By fate
- Deported to the Soviet UnionDeported from the eastern borderlands in 1940–41 and later: tracing exile, the camps and the road out with Anders.6 archives and databases
- Prisoners of war of 1939Soldiers of September 1939 in German Stalags and Oflags and in Soviet captivity, including the victims of Katyń.7 archives and databases
- Prisoners of German concentration campsAuschwitz, Stutthof, Gross-Rosen, Dachau, Mauthausen: where to find a prisoner's number, transport and fate.8 archives and databases
- Forced labourers in the ReichTaken for forced labour in Germany: labour card files, Arolsen, the IPN and what survives in family papers.5 archives and databases
- Polish Army soldiers, 1939 and 1943–1945Killed and missing in September 1939 and in the army formed in the USSR: where to look for records and graves.5 archives and databases
- Soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces in the WestTobruk, Monte Cassino, Falaise, Arnhem, No. 303 Squadron: where to find the records of PSZ and Anders' Army soldiers.5 archives and databases
- Wehrmacht conscriptsA grandfather from Silesia, Pomerania or Greater Poland in German uniform: where to find his records, grave and fate.6 archives and databases
- Underground soldiers and Warsaw insurgentsThe Home Army, other underground groups, the Warsaw Uprising and post-war repression: where to look.8 archives and databases
- Holocaust victims and survivorsJewish relatives murdered in the Holocaust or who survived it: name databases, archives and pre-war records.6 archives and databases