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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

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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

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

Kiniorska Władysława 1913?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943.03.14-1945.01

Location

Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3 Kielce, Sienkiewicza Street Kielce, St. Adalbert's Church, Św. Wojciecha Square 9 Kielce, Lipowa Street (Wojska Polskiego Street) Kielce, Karczówka Kielce, Gestapo Station, Seminaryjska Street 12

Witness

Juszczyk Mieczysław 15.08.1905, Łódź

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.08.24 -1941

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Warsaw, Rakowiecka Street Stare Babice Warsaw, Saska Kępa Brześć (now in Belarus) Dubno (now in Ukraine) Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Kowel (now in Ukraine) Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Mościska (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kamionka Las (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Łuck (now in Ukraine) Sarny (now in Ukraine) Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine) KL Dachau (Germany)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast

Date

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Location

Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast)

Witness

Rodziewicz Eugeniusz

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Minsk (Belarus), NKVD remand center "Amerykanka", Hradsky Val Street 4 Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Rataj Tomasz

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Date

-

Location

Borszczów (now in Ukraine), barracks, Shukhevych Street 14 Semipalatinsk (Semey, Kazakhstan) Taraz (Jambyl, Kazakhstan) Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3)

Witness

Jachym Mieczysław

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Lesser Poland

Date

1941-1945.06

Location

Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship)

Witness

Rojko Józef

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Siwak Halina

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Lwów region

Date

1941-1989

Location

Lublin Lwów (Ukraine), Mączna Street 38 Lwów (Ukraine), ghetto Katowice Rymanów Ropa (Gorlice district) Saint-Cloud (France) Kraków, Józefitów Street 19b Sławno (Sławno district)

Witness

Tarkowski Bronisław 1917.12.13

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia

Date

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Location

Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Guzar (Uzbekistan)