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Witness

Glejzer Wiesław

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1943.12.04-1943.12.04

Location

Radom, prison (Benedictine convent), Malczewskiego Street 1 KL Gross-Rosen

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Witness

Miernik Maria 27.01.1919, Kielce

Topic

Stadion Leśny, Słowik, Herby – execution sites in Kielce

Date

1943.10.15-1943.10.24

Location

Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3 Kielce, Gestapo Station, Seminaryjska Street 12 Słowik (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)

Witness

Główczyk Jan 1894

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.11-1941.08.24

Location

Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp

Witness

Jaroszek Czesław

Topic

Clandestine teaching – Warsaw

Date

1939.09.01-1945.03.31

Location

Warsaw, Dolna Street Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Warsaw, Świętokrzyska Street Białystok Warsaw, Bagatela Street 14 Warsaw, Madalińskiego Street Warsaw, Targowa Street Warsaw, Marszałkowska Street Warsaw Św. Andrzeja Boboli Street Warsaw, Pole Mokotowskie Warsaw, 6 Sierpnia Street 36 Warsaw, Old Town Pruszków Sandomierz

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Witness

Bąk Antonina 1902?, Puławy (lubelskie voivodeship)

Topic

The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1942.03.18-1942.03.18

Location

Sydół Ciepielów (mazowieckie voivodeship) Karolin (Zwoleń district)

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Witness

Czajkowski Kazimierz 1902?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943-1943

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Staszów (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Radom, Gestapo headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6

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Witness

Dzik Adam 1910?

Topic

The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09-1945.02

Location

Brzeźnica (Kozienice district) Zwoleń (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Witness

Walczyński Henryk 19.01.1928, Wincentów (kielecki district)

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943.07.16-1943.07.16

Location

Zręby (Wincentów) Wincentów (district of Kielce)

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Witness

Dzierżawska Maria 14.09.1902, Mroczki

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1943.11.05-1944.01

Location

Warsaw, Owsiana Street 12 Warsaw, Kępna Street Warsaw, Warecka Street Warsaw, Targowa Street 19

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Witness

Piasecka Irena 01.03.1895, Warsaw

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1940.12.03-1945.04.25

Location

KL Ravensbrück (Germany) Buchenwald (Germany), German extermination camp

Witness

Handzel Jan 20.04.1906, Wincentów (kielecki district)

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943.07.16-1944.08.22

Location

Piekoszów Wincentów (district of Kielce)

Witness

Soboń Stanisława 1913?

Topic

The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1941.10.31-1941.10.31

Location

Młotkowice

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Witness

Zakrzewski Romuald 18.11.1912, Bartkowa Rudnia (now in Ukraine)

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1939-1943

Location

Kabacki Forest (Warsaw)

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Witness

Taul Roman 28.02.1917, Bytom

Topic

Resistance movement in Auschwitz

Date

1940.06.24-1944.09.30

Location

Kraków KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp

Witness

Wilecki Stanisław

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

1940.02.14 - 1942.03.27

Location

Wilno (now in Lithuania), NKVD Headquarters (Regional Court), Ofiarna Street 94 (Aukų Street 2a) Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) Nukus (Uzbekistan) Turtkul (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Zarzewiecki Stanisław 1913.08.28

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.08.28- 1942.03

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Soroklag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Republic of Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan)

Witness

Głuszak Józef 27.10.1913, Koszyce Małe

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp

Date

1940.11.23-1944.11

Location

Koszyce Małe Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), penal institution, Konarskiego Street 2 KL Gross-Rosen Tarnów, Gestapo Headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18 Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), Gestapo headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18 KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I Wrocław, Leśnica, industrial labor camp (subcamp of KL Gross-Rosen)

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Witness

Lebküchler Adam 22.12.1899, Lwów (now in Ukraine)

Topic

Intelligentsia at gunpoint – terror against the Polish elite

Date

1939.11.09-1945

Location

Radom, Gestapo Headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 Radom, Gestapo headquarters, Kościuszki Street 6 Szydłowiec (Szydłowiec district), Jewish cemetery, Staszica Street Radom, Jewish Hospital, Starokrakowska Street 17 Radom, city stadium, Narutowicza Street 9 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Radom, prison (Benedictine convent), Malczewskiego Street 1 Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3

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Witness

Bochenek Marta 19.09.1892

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1943.12.01-1943.12.15

Location

Warsaw, Markiewicza Street 9

Witness

Łuczyński Michał 1908?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1941.03.01-1945.01.12

Location

Busko-Zdrój Pińczów, prison, 3-go Maja Street