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Zacharzewski Franciszek

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Zwierzyński Wacław 1908.11.22

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The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

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Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 Tobolsk (Russia, Tyumen Oblast), NKVD prison (prison castle), Red Square 5

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Wójcik Mieczysław

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Komi Republic (Russia)

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Walczak Mieczysław 1917

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The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

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Nadwórna (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Shevchenko Maidan Street 43 Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19

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Górecki Aleksander 1901?

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Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau – witnesses to Annihilation

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1942-1943

Location

Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Canada" KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Ramp III KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz I, roll call square KL Auschwitz I, Block 10 KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau)

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Dawidowski Roman 1884?

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Intelligentsia at gunpoint – terror against the Polish elite

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Kraków

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Czyżewski Piotr 1915

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The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

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Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street

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Czerniak Zygmunt 1906

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The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a

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Burdon Wiesława

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Forced laborers in the Third Reich – Pomerania

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Lager-Kruszyna, training camp Bliżyn, forced labor camp KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Syktyvkar (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Skole (Ukraine), Groedel Palace (NKVD headquarters), Knyaz Svyatoslav Street 40 Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Turtkul (Uzbekistan)

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Norejko Michał 1898.10.01

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Minsk (Belarus) Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Noszczyński Bolesław

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

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Location

Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Żytyński Karol

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Guzar (Uzbekistan)