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Witness

Martynuska Janina

Topic

The efforts of the Catholic Church to aid Jews

Date

1939.09-1942.12.19

Location

Słonim (now in Belarus) Słonim (Belarus), Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the convent of the Bernardine Sisters Słonim (Belarus), Petrolevits

Witness

Wolter Aleksander 03.05.1905, Lwów (Ukraine)

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.09-1945.01

Location

Lublin

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Witness

Janczewski Włodzimierz Ludwik 21.03.1891, Płock

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1943.02.26-1943.07.01

Location

Warsaw, Wilcza Street 67 Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Nowogrodzka Street/ Poznańska Street

Witness

Wolter Władysław 05.02.1897, Kraków

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.09.31-1945.01

Location

Kraków, Montelupich Prison, Montelupich Street 7 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Zając Sabina 1902?, Kielce

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1944.05-1944.05

Location

Karczówka (Kielce)

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Witness

Czerniaków Felicja 01.06.1883, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1939.09.09-1944

Location

Warsaw, Bukowińska Street 28 Warsaw, Ghetto, Chłodna Street 24 (Chłodna Street 22) Warsaw, Kriminalpolizei Station, Aleje Ujazdowskie 7/9 Warsaw, Ghetto, Orthodox Jewish Hospital, Leszno Street 1 (aleja Solidarności 81)

Witness

Jungiewicz Jan 1900?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1941

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Staszów (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Kraków Połaniec (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Staszów (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) Połaniec (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)

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Witness

Grzelec Ludwik 16.04.1907, Wilanów (Warsaw)

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1942.10-1943

Location

Wilanów (Warsaw) Kępa Latoszkowa (Warsaw) Powsin (Warsaw) Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 3 Warsaw, Marszałkowska Street 63 Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanów 56 Otwock

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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

Osiecki Leon 18.06.1892, Zielonka (Wołomin county)

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1943.12.02-1943.12.02

Location

Zielonka, train station Siwki (Zielonka)

Witness

Kodaś Wincenty 1898?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1942-1943

Location

Jurkowice (district of Staszów) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Karpiński Walerian

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1941.12-1942.04.29

Location

Anin (Warsaw), the "Wioletta" Villa, VIII Poprzeczna Street 13 Warsaw, Odyńca Street Boernerowo (Warsaw) Anin (Warsaw), VIII Poprzeczna Street Warsaw, Saska Kępa Wawer (Warsaw), cemetery of Second World War victims, Dębowa Street (Kościuszkowców Street) Wiśniowa Góra (Warsaw)

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Witness

Owczarek Feliks 11.11.1912, Wilanów (Warsaw)

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1941.03-1943.10

Location

Otwock Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Wilanowskie Lake Warsaw, Czerniaków Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 3 Kępa Falenicka (Kępa Okrzewska) Natolin (Warsaw)

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Witness

Wiśniewski Henryk 27.09.1914, Wilanów (Warsaw)

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1942.03-1945

Location

Wilanów (Warsaw) Warsaw, Marszałkowska Street Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanowskie Lake Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanów Estates Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 3 Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanów 44

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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

Kryfko Józefa

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1942.02.26-1942.04.29

Location

Anin (Warsaw), the "Wioletta" Villa, VIII Poprzeczna Street 13 Warsaw, Saska Kępa

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Witness

Bernat Stanisław 23.04.1905

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1942.09-1944.07.08

Location

KL Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria) Bydgoszcz Warsaw, Śródmieście Vienna (Austria) Warsaw, Pańska Street 67

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Witness

Olszewska Anastazja 03.1890

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1943.02-1943.02.12

Location

Mrozy (Mińsk county) Grodzisk (Mińsk county) Gójszcz

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Witness

Majorowska Maria

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1941.12-1942.04.29

Location

Warsaw, Central Jail, Daniłowiczowska Street 7 Anin (Warsaw), the "Wioletta" Villa, VIII Poprzeczna Street 13 Wawer (Warsaw), cemetery of Second World War victims, Dębowa Street (Kościuszkowców Street) Wiśniowa Góra (Warsaw) Anin (Warsaw), Krakowska Street 21

Witness

Holender H.

Topic

Date

1942.06-1945

Location

German extermination camp of Bełżec Kraków, ghetto Wieliczka German extermination camp of Treblinka Skawina