Although Soviet Union and Republic of Poland were not in a state of war , General Wołkowicki and other Polish officers were imprisoned in a POW camp in Putyvl . In November 1939 he was moved to a camp in Kozelsk . He was known for his generosity , as he would share his meals with younger officers . Between April and June 1940 he was kept in a camp at Pavlischev Bor , then in Griazowiec . For unknown reasons , he was not executed in the Katyn massacre ; it is however probable that the Russians spared him because of his past
Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
Jerzy Wołkowicki