The camp continued to be used as a prison for Polish political prisoners.
The original intent of the camp was to intern Polish political prisoners.
During the fighting, many Polish prisoners of war found ways to escape and hide in the nearby woods.
Within two weeks the Soviets took more than 250,000 Polish prisoners of war.
Sheremetev and several of his officers were to remain Polish prisoners.
He also aided in the care of Polish prisoners of war.
In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there.
At the beginning of 1918 Polish prisoners were also held in the camp.
The camp was built in late 1939 by Polish prisoners of war.
There were two types of the experiments done on the Polish political prisoners.