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Witness

Markowiak Józef 1894

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

1939.09.17 - 1942.01

Location

Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) Ostróg (now in Ukraine) Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Rutkowski Władysław 1897.12.02

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp

Witness

Sunko Antoni 06.10.1910, Starosielce (Białystok)

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1940

Location

Starosielce (Białystok) Kostopol (now in Ukraine) Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

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Witness

Borkowska Stanisława 1904?

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

-

Location

Warsaw Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Kowel (now in Ukraine) Brześć (now in Belarus)

Witness

Żołud Borys

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.10.07-1939.10.26

Location

Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp

Witness

Gorący Edmund

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.10-1939.11.15

Location

Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp

Witness

Czapiński Marian

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09-1939.10

Location

Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp

Witness

Rukat Wincenty 1894

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Pestuch Maksymiljan 1896

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ryazan Oblast

Date

1941.01.10 - 1941.09.10

Location

Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Deka Antoni

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1939.10.18 - 1942.02.26

Location

Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast)

Witness

Rewranz Emil

Topic

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Olita (Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

Witness

Sofroniuk Jan 1899?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1941.09.08

Location

Putyvl (Ukraine), NKVD camp for POWs (Sofronievsky Monastery) Strusów (Ukraine) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Lipski Jan

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09-1940.11

Location

Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Szczepaniak Józef 1900

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.20-1943

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs

Witness

Ficek Władysław 1898.05.21

Topic

Date

-

Location

Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

Witness

Turzyński Władysław 1898

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.08 - 1942.02

Location

Ulbroka (Latvia), internee camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Cichowski Julian 1900?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09-1941.08.31

Location

Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Lida (now in Belarus) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast)

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Witness

Dudwak Lidia

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1941

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship)

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Witness

Szombara Jan

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Mikołów

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Witness

Szwarc

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs