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Witness

Brandt Marek 23.07.1934, Zamość

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Zamość region

Date

1940-1945

Location

Zamość KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Fuga Krystyna

Topic

A shattered childhood – the Lublin region

Date

1940.09.10-1945

Location

Międzyrzec Podlaski KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

Krzywda-Pogorzelski Jan Wiktor 8.03.1904, Iłża

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1942.07.13-1945.07.30

Location

Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Gross-Rosen KL Auschwitz I, Block 10 KL Auschwitz I German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Radom, Gestapo headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 Wrocław

Witness

Kask Roman 08.06.1908, Warszawa

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Sachsenhausen

Date

1940.10.14-1945.06

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Gross-Rosen KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) Warsaw, Drucianka factory, Objazdowa Street 1 Schwerin (Germany)

Witness

Przybysz Alina 1931?

Topic

Clandestine teaching – Lesser Poland

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

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Witness

Barszczewski Wacław

Topic

Clandestine teaching in occupied Poland

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

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Witness

Szkatulska Maria 23.11.1905, Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Topic

Terror in the "incorporated lands" – the Łódź region

Date

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Location

Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Gestapo detention center, Zapiecek Street 8

Witness

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Topic

Date

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Location

German extermination camp of Majdanek KL Soldau KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) KL Gross-Rosen

Witness

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Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Sadzińska Marianna 1889?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1939.09-1945.04.22

Location

Opatów, Słowackiego Street 1 KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg)

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Witness

Szefer Zofia Joanna 1874?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05.08

Location

Sielec (district of Staszów), Calvinist Church Sielec (district of Staszów)

Witness

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Topic

Date

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Location

Warsaw KL Auschwitz-Birkenau German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau German extermination camp of Majdanek Radom Warsaw, Ghetto

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Witness

Switek Władysław 1899?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1942-1945

Location

Rytwiany

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Witness

Adwent Stefan 1925?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1942.03-1945.04.11

Location

Opatów, Cememtery, Cmentarna Street KL Buchenwald (Germany) Opatów, Słowackiego Street 1

Witness

Bryński Antoni 18.01.1899, Radom

Topic

The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.11.11-1945.04.11

Location

Lublin Radom, Gestapo Headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 Radom, Moniuszki Street Radom, prison (Benedictine convent), Malczewskiego Street 1 Radom, Sienkiewicza Street KL Buchenwald (Germany) Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2) Radom, Gestapo headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6

Witness

Trineknresch Baruch

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Trawiński Zdzisław 1897

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

-

Location

Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Tyszka Aleksander 1905

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast

Date

-

Location

Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street Yelets (Russia, Lipetsk Oblast), NKVD prison, Proletarskaya Street 1 B Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

-

Location

Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Urba Julian 1895

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) Farab (Kazakhstan)