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Witness

Michelis Zygmunt 17.03.1890, Nieszawa

Topic

The persecuted church

Date

1939-1945

Location

Warsaw

Witness

Przybyłkiewicz Zdzisław 1908?, Tarnów

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.09.04-1944.07

Location

-

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Witness

Rudzińska Sabina 27.03.1916

Topic

Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

01.08.1944-01.1945

Location

Pruszków, Dulag 121 Warsaw, Prądzyńskiego Street 17 Warsaw, Armatnia Street

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Witness

Knappe Marian 22.03.1916, Sambor (now in Ukraine)

Topic

Lebensborn – the Germanization of Polish children

Date

1943.07-1945

Location

Nowogródek (now in Belarus) Iłowo-Osada (subcamp of KL Soldau transit camp), Szkolna Street (Leśna Street) Mława

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Witness

Faltynowska Melania 02.01.1921, Narzym

Topic

Lebensborn – the Germanization of Polish children

Date

1939.09-1945

Location

Iłowo-Osada (subcamp of KL Soldau transit camp), Szkolna Street (Leśna Street)

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Witness

Hirszfeld Ludwik 05.08.1884, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1940.10-1944.11

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, All Saints' Church, Grzybowski Square 3/5

Witness

Grotha Maria 1902?

Topic

The Free City of Danzig – erasing Polishness

Date

1939.08.31-1939.10.06

Location

Gdańsk

Witness

-

Topic

Mazovia – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09-1939.09

Location

-

Witness

Augustyniak Regina 01.06.1914, Sterdyń

Topic

Mazovia – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1943.02.22-1944.09

Location

Paulinów (mazowieckie voivodenship) Sterdyń

Witness

Stopa F.

Topic

Date

-

Location

Warsaw

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Witness

Duchnowski Jan 22.10.1908, Podbiele (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1943.10.01-1945

Location

Białystok KL Ravensbrück (Germany) KL Stutthof Łomża KL Buchenwald (Germany) KL Bergen-Belsen (Germany)

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Witness

Bail Alina Eleonora 21.02.1931, Warsaw

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich

Date

1944.10.02-1945

Location

Ursus (Warsaw) Warsaw, Złota Street 41 Zella-Mehlis (Germany) Erfurt (Germany)

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Witness

Gil Piotr 1897?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1943.05-1945.01

Location

Młodzawy Duże, forced labor camp Chroberz Zagaje (commune of Jędrzejów)

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Witness

Wędzik Władysław 05.08.1915, Biel (Małkinia county)

Topic

Ostrów region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1941-1945

Location

Małkinia Górna Nagoszewka

Witness

Wawerko Stanisław

Topic

The Ostrów forests – mass executions

Date

1941.08-1943.10.27

Location

Guty-Bujno Kalinowo (Ostrów Mazowiecka district) Ostrów Mazowiecka

Witness

Konferowicz Wacław 13.05.1912, Ostrów Mazowiecka

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Ostrów region

Date

1940-1945

Location

Ostrów Mazowiecka Ostrówek, Stalag 333 German extermination camp of Treblinka

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Witness

Piotrowski Aleksander 04.07.1882, Ryczyca

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of the Old Town

Date

1944.08.01-1944.09.08

Location

Warsaw, Czackiego Street 21 Warsaw, Ogród Saski [Saxon Garden] Pruszków, Dulag 121

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Witness

Kowrecki Aleksander 24.03.1897, Mińsk (Belarus)

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1944.08.01-1944.10.08

Location

Warsaw, Żelazna Street 41 Warsaw, Grzybowska Street Warsaw, Towarowa Street Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie Warsaw, Żelazna Street Mszana Dolna

Witness

Zalewski Wacław Józef 29.09.1912, Warsaw

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1944.08.01-1944.08.05

Location

Wawrzyszew (Warsaw) Radiowo (Warsaw) Warsaw, St. Mary Magdalene's church, Wólczyńska Street 64 Laski (western Warsaw county), Institute for the Blind, Brzozowa Street 75 Warsaw, Bielański Forest Boernerowo (Warsaw) Lasek Bielański (Warsaw) Bielański Forest (Warsaw) Bielany airport (Warsaw)

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Witness

Strach Waleria 1896, Żbików (Pruszków)

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1944.08.01-1944.10

Location

Warsaw, Grzybowska Street 16 Warsaw, Grzybowski Square