The memoir Syberyjski Gavroche by Jan Staniszewski tells the story of his deportation to Siberia and the six years he spent there as a child. Written in Polish and published in Szczecin in 2013, the 133-page book covers his family’s life in the Kresy borderlands, the NKVD deportation of June 14, 1941, the journey into the unknown, years of survival in the Siberian settlements of Mochow and Lesozawod, and the long road home to Poland after the war.
Pamięci mojej Mamy Marii, brata Romualda
oraz wszystkich Przyjaciół i Znajomych,
z którymi przyszło mi dzielić czas
na nieżyczliwej syberyjskiej ziemi.
— Jan Staniszewski