April 8, 1940
[...] Early in April they started sending transports, which were small at first.[...] Yesterday, they sent away a group of high-ranking officers: three generals, 20-25 colonels and a similar number of majors. Judging by the manner in which this was done we could feel optimistic. Today, my turn has come. [...]. At the railway station we were loaded into prison cars under the watchful eye of numerous guards. There are thirteen of us in the prison cell (which is something that I see for the first time). I don't know yet who my chance companions are. We are now waiting for the train to depart. Unlike earlier I'm not optimistic now about the purpose of this journey. [...]. We have to wait patiently. We are travelling in the direction of Smolensk. The weather is sunny; the fields are still thickly covered with snow.
April 9, 1940
It is hard to establish the direction in which we are moving. [...] I fear that we are going north or north-east - judging by the weather. [...] Yesterday in the morning they gave us some bread, sugar and some cold boiled water in the car. It will be noon soon now but they are not offering us any new food. Also, their behaviour [has become] brutal. We are not permitted to do anything. We can go to the toilet only when it suits the guards who ignore our requests and protests. [...]
It will soon be evening. We have left Smolensk behind and arrived at a station called Gnezdovo. It looks that we'll be disembarking here because there are many military around. Anyway, they have not given us anything to eat so far. Since yesterday's breakfast we have been surviving on a ration of bread and a modest dose of water. [here the notes end]
Katyń. Relacje, wspomnienia, publicystyka (Katyn. Relations, Reminiscences, Press Publications), ed. A. L. Szcześniak, Warsaw 1989