Biography of B. Martens

Description:
Lived in Kiev and was a parishioner of St. Alexander Church. In August 1937 he was arrested in a case against Catholic clergy and laity. Charged with being a “member of a Polish counter-revolutionary organization that carried out subversive and espionage activity against the Soviet regime.” December 23, 1937 – sentenced to ten years in corrective labor camp [NKVD Collegium and USSR Office of Public Prosecutor]. Fate thereafter unknown. Source: Investigatory Matter 632856 fp, Archive TsGAOO (Ukraine)
Variant Names:
Martens, B.; Martens, B. A.
Dates:
1937
Locations:
Kiev (Ukraine)
Subjects:
male; laity; fate unknown