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Witness

Zielińska Janina 1914?

Topic

The Lublin region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1944.04.09-1944.04.09

Location

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Witness

Anonymous

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Witness

Jankowska Weronika 1912?

Topic

Lebensraum – the Germanization of the Zamość region

Date

1943.02-1945.01.18

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Rogatka (Chełm district) Hrubieszów

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Witness

Sieroszewski Władysław 30.12.1900, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – pacification of Śródmieście

Date

1944.08.15-1944.10.02

Location

Warsaw, Czerniakowska Street Warsaw, St. John of God's Hospital, Bonifraterska Street 12 Warsaw, St. John of God's Hospital, Bonifraterska Street 12 Warsaw, Dworkowa Street Warsaw, Wola Warsaw, Zieleniak, Grójecka Street/Opaczewska Street Warsaw, Old Town Warsaw, Śródmieście Warsaw, Czerniaków

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Witness

Karczewska Danuta 30.03.1924

Topic

Warsaw '44 – pacification of the Old Town

Date

1944.08.01-1944.09

Location

Warsaw, Seminary Church, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 52/54 Warsaw, St. Hyacinth's church, Freta Street 10 Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 60 Warsaw, Długa Street 7 Warsaw, Saski Palace, Piłsudskiego Square Warsaw, Primary School, Drewniana Street 8 Warsaw, St. Roch Hospital, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 24 Warsaw, Primary School, Drewniana Street 8 Warsaw, Bednarska Street Warsaw, Mariensztat Street Warsaw, Social Insurance Company Hospital, Czerniakowska Street 231 Warsaw, Council of Ministers Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 46/48 Warsaw, Bednarska Street 23 Warsaw, Mostowa Street Warsaw, Anna of Mazovia Obstetrics And Gynaecology Center, Karowa Street 2 Warsaw, Mostowa Street/ Stara Street

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Witness

Wilkowska Krystyna Wanda 27.09.1920, Radomsko

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of the Old Town

Date

1944.08.01-1944.09.23

Location

Warsaw, Wolski Hospital, Płocka Street 26 Warsaw, Ogród Saski [Saxon Garden] Warsaw, Seminary Church, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 52/54 Warsaw, St. Roch Hospital, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 24 Warsaw, Primary School, Drewniana Street 8 Warsaw, Saski Palace, Piłsudskiego Square Warsaw, Anna of Mazovia Obstetrics And Gynaecology Center, Karowa Street 2 Warsaw, Focha Street Warsaw, Smulikowskiego Street/ Tamka Street Warsaw, Bednarska Street 23 Warsaw, Długa Street 7 Warsaw, Mostowa Street/ Stara Street Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street Warsaw, Tamka Street/ Smulikowskiego Street Warsaw, Freta Street Warsaw, Bednarska Street Warsaw, Furmańska Street Warsaw, Browarna Street Warsaw, Municipal Gas Works, Ludna Street 10/12/14/16/18 Opacz Warsaw, Piwna Street

Witness

Rottengruber (Marrot) Marian 15.07.1907, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of the Old Town

Date

1944.09.02-1944.09

Location

Warsaw, Bednarska Street Warsaw, Dobra Street Warsaw, Seminary Church, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 52/54 Warsaw, Zamkowy Square Warsaw, Podwale Street Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street Warsaw, Długa Street 7 Warsaw, Mariensztat Street Warsaw, Council of Ministers Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 46/48

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Witness

Sobański Tomasz Stanisław 22.09.1922, Warsaw

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1941.04.04-1944.06.27

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau)

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

Urbański Zygmunt 01.01.1909

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Stutthof

Date

1944.03.25-1945.03.09

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 KL Stutthof Warsaw, Zakroczymska Street 15

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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

Witness

Choma Piotr

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

1940.02.10-1941.08

Location

-

Witness

Chmara Józef 1898.11.26

Topic

In exile – Vologda Oblast

Date

-

Location

-

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Witness

Fronenberg Moszek 04.04.1921, Puławy

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1940.11.15-1942.10

Location

Treblinka, German extermination camp Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 (Nowolipki Street 17C) Hanover (Germany) Skarżysko-Kamienna KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Warsaw, Nowogrodzka Street Warsaw, Royal Hotel, Chmielna Street 31 Warsaw, Hotel Polski, Długa Street 29 KL Bergen-Belsen (Germany) Warsaw, Ghetto, Dzielna Street 27 (Dzielna Street 7) Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 (Nowolipki Street 17C) Pińczów Warsaw, Ghetto, Gęsia Street (Anielewicza Street)/ Dzika Street Warsaw, Leszno Street 6 Berlin (Germany)

Witness

-

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.06.29-1942.09.28

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan)

Witness

Tykocińska Waleria 1892

Topic

Soldier's House, Fort VII, Żabikowo – the trail of death in Greater Poland

Date

1941.04-1943.10

Location

KL Fort VII Posen KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg)

Witness

Łągwa Zygmunt 1912

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.12.17 - 1941.09.15

Location

Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Vologda (Russia), NKVD prison (Gorne-Uspensky Convent), Burmaginy Street 19 Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Tur Walentyna 1924.12.24

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04.13 - 1942.09

Location

Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)

Witness

Trzaska Leokadia 1923

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04.13 - 1943

Location

-

Witness

Hoffman Józef

Topic

Soldier's House, Fort VII, Żabikowo – the trail of death in Greater Poland

Date

1944.11.29-1945.03.27

Location

KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg)