Nieznana historia. Obóz NKWD nr 515 w Północnoosetyjskiej Autonomicznej Socjalistycznej Republice Sowieckiej dla internowanych obywateli polskich (kwiecień–wrzesień 1945 r.)
The Unknown Story. NKVD Camp No. 515 in the North Ossetian ASSR for Polish Internees (April to September 1945)

Summary/Abstract: NKVD camp no. 515 with, a sub-camp in Nuzal in the North Ossetian ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), operated from April to September 1945 for arrested German internees of group “B”. Apart from Germans, there were also Hungarians and Slovaks in the camp. Poles and Polish citizens suspected of collaboration with the German occupier were sent to the sub-camp in Nuzalu during the time of its establishment. For that reason, the living conditions in the camp were extremely difficult. Sanitary facilities and food supply standards also did not meet the security requirements included in the orders regarding the arriving contingent. The diseases that developed not only devastated the internees physically but were also the reason for their high mortality rate. The hard work in the zinc and lead ore mine also contributed to the above. It is assumed that 57 out of nearly 400 Poles and Polish citizens died in the period from April to September 1945, which is slightly more than 14 percent. Some internees were released in October 1945 and others two years later.

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