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Witness

Chyliński Julian 1898?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.20-1943.03.03

Location

Lilaste (Latvia), internment camp Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp

Witness

Cytko Jan 1897?

Topic

In exile – Vologda Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1943

Location

Vologda Oblast (Russia) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Czajka Jan 1896

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.22

Location

Stryj (now in Ukraine) Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Jizzakh (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Cierebiej Franciszek 1897

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.08

Location

Stepanovka (Russia, Perm Krai)

Witness

Cyrański Józef 1902?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1943.08.25

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Wierzblany (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Ostra Góra (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Błażek Władysław 1897?

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.15

Location

Nowogródek (now in Belarus) Churga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Velsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) Margilan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Bongold Jakub 1900

Topic

In exile – Volgograd Oblast

Date

1941.02.13-1942.02.22

Location

Kołomyja (now in Ukraine) Volgolag (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) Saratov (Russia, Saratov Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Borkowski Edward 1892?

Topic

Allied assistance from the air

Date

1940.03.10-1942.03.10

Location

Komarovka (Akkajyn, Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Oblast), 1 May kolkhoz Samarkand (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Szpakowicz Paweł 1907?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.07.18-1943

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Szparaga Wacław 23.12.1911

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.17

Location

Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kosów Poleski (Kosów, now in Belarus) Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

Bednarska Jadwiga 21.10.1920, Białystok

Topic

The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Białystok Ghetto

Date

1939.11.10-1943.08.16

Location

Białystok, ghetto German extermination camp of Treblinka Warsaw Prużana (Belarus)

Witness

Wrocławska Elżbieta

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05

Location

Lipsko (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Witness

Płachciński Bogdan

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1941.02.13-1945.01

Location

Starachowice KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Sielwanowski Józef

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1940.01.11-1945.01.11

Location

Iłża Wrocław Suchedniów

Witness

Rożek Kazimierz

Topic

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05

Location

Lubienia (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Brody (Starachowice district)

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Witness

Misiak Cecylia

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Misztal Tomasz 07.03.1938

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05

Location

Warsaw

Witness

Osman Jerzy

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Kielce

Witness

Prędka Zofia

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Kielce KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

Molda Wanda

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Karczówka (Kielce)