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Witness

Głowacki Stefan 1901?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1941.05.06-1942.02.13

Location

Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Delejów (now in Ukraine) Zlatoust (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast), NKVD special prison, Anosov Street 275 Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast)

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Witness

Głowacki Józef

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.06-1942.01.19 (?)

Location

North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Niemirów Zdrój (Niemirów, now in Ukraine) Niemirów Zdrój (Niemirów, now in Ukraine), detention center (Municipal Court) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Gok Józef 26.10.1898

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1939.10.03-1941.09.30

Location

Minsk (Belarus) Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Sevdvinlag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kyzylorda (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Rysiński Mieczysław

Topic

Date

1939.09-1945

Location

Sulejów Sulejów, Błonie Street Obdzierz (Sulejów) Piotrków Trybunalski

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Witness

Rysiński Mieczysław

Topic

Date

1939.09-1945

Location

Sulejów Piotrków Trybunalski, ghetto German extermination camp of Treblinka Obdzierz (Sulejów) Przygłów

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Witness

Hałko Lech

Topic

The Polish Underground State and its bid to help Jews

Date

1942-1944

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Bonifraterska Street Warsaw, Ujazdowski Park

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Witness

Cera Stanisław

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Lesser Poland

Date

1939-1970

Location

KL Plaszow Skała (małopolskie voivodeship) Zamłynie (małopolskie voivodeship) Miechów (małopolskie voivodeship) Skała (małopolskie voivodeship), Jewish cemetery Munich (Germany) Maków Podhalański

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Witness

Gorczyca Stanisław 06.02.1900

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.19-1941.08.24

Location

Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast)

Witness

Bojm Mojżesz 1903?

Topic

Third Reich – the Kielce region

Date

1942.03.26-1944.01

Location

Szydłowiec (Szydłowiec district) Pionki (mazowieckie voivodeship) German extermination camp of Treblinka Bliżyn, forced labor camp Radom, forced labor camp, Szwarlikowskiego Street Radom, Arms Factory "Łucznik", Poniatowskiego Street (1905 Street 1/9) Radom, forced labor camp, Szkolna Street (Poznańska Street) Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2) Tomaszów Mazowiecki Sandomierz Radomsko

Witness

Górkiewicz Kaziemierz 1913?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1940.04.12-1941

Location

Przemyśl Lwów (now in Ukraine) Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Margilan (Uzbekistan) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Omsk (Russia, Omsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Kagan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Wiącek Eugeniusz 11.01.1905, Strużki

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943.06-1943.06

Location

Strużki Sandomierz Staszów (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) Staszów (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Rytwiany

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Witness

Ginel Bolesław 1910

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.04.13-1941.09.23

Location

Grodno (now in Belarus) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Gryniewski Mieczysław 1919?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1940.01.19-1942.01.21

Location

Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Grzeszczak Jerzy 1923?

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

1939.09.28-1942.02

Location

Poltava (Ukraine) Międzybrodzie Komi Republic (Russia)

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Witness

Grymek Aleksander 1914?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1941.04.15-1941.12.22

Location

Nizhny Tagil (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Sevurallag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

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Witness

Graybner Tadeusz 13.03.1914

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

1939.10.06-1942.02.24

Location

Kuty (Ukraine) Kołomyja (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, aleja Wolności (Lesi Ukrainki Street 32) Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Margilan (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Bryński Antoni 18.01.1899, Radom

Topic

Intelligentsia at gunpoint – terror against the Polish elite

Date

1939.11.11-1945.04.11

Location

Radom, prison (Benedictine convent), Malczewskiego Street 1 Radom, Sienkiewicza Street Garbatka (Garbatka-Letnisko) Radom, Żeromskiego Street Radom, Moniuszki Street Radom, Gestapo Headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 KL Majdanek Radom, Gestapo headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 Chlewiska (Szydłowiec district) Stefanków (Szydłowiec district) KL Buchenwald (Germany)

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Witness

Flint Szmul 1920?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.05.20-1941.09.12

Location

Warsaw Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Zgierz (łódzkie voivodeship)

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Witness

Forgacz Florian 19.09.1911; Jezupol (Ukraine)

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1940.09.19-1942.01.01

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Magadan (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Gaweł Stanisław 1920?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.04.16-1941.09.23

Location

Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)