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Witness

Anonymous

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Starachowice Warsaw

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Witness

Maślankiewicz Jan 01.09.1916, Warsaw

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939-1945

Location

Warsaw, Leszno Street Warsaw, Bielańska Street Warsaw, Wronia Street 38 Piaseczno (Piaseczno county) Warsaw, Żelazna Street Warsaw, Łucka Street/ Wronia Street Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Leszno Street/ Żelazna Street Warsaw, Łucka Street Warsaw, Łucka Street 2 Paris (France), Rue Bisson 22

Witness

Miecznikowska Hanna

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939-1973

Location

Warsaw, Karpińskiego Street 10 Warsaw, Ghetto Skierniewice Łódź Lwów (now in Ukraine)

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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)

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Witness

Lorentz Stanisław 28.04.1899, Radom

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.10-1945.01

Location

Warsaw, St. John's Cathedral, Świętojańska Street 8 Warsaw, National Museum, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3 Warsaw, Komedia Theater, Kredytowa Street 14 Warsaw, Arsenal, Długa Street 52 Warsaw, Łazienki Królewskie [Royal Baths Park] Warsaw, Royal Castle Warsaw, Wolska Street Warsaw, Polish Army Museum, Jerozolimskie Avenue 3 Warsaw, Krasiński Library, Okólnik Street 9 Warsaw, Polish Army Museum, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3 Warsaw, Royal Castle, Zamkowy Square 4 Warsaw, Podwale Street Warsaw, Koszykowa Street Warsaw, St. Martin's Church, Piwna Street 9/11 Warsaw, Warsaw Philharmonic, Jasna Street 5 Warsaw, Saski Square (Piłsudskiego Square)

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Witness

Lorentz Stanisław 28.04.1899, Radom

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.10-1945.01

Location

Warsaw, Royal Castle, Zamkowy Square 4 Warsaw, Royal Castle Warsaw, National Museum, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3 Warsaw, University of Warsaw Library, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 26/28 Warsaw, National Library of Poland, Rakowiecka Street 6 (Rakowiecka Street 22B) Warsaw, Krasiński Library, Okólnik Street 9 Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Central Archive of Modern Records, Długa Street 13 Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Małachowskiego Square 3 Warsaw, Polish Army Museum, Jerozolimskie Avenue 3 Warsaw, Polish Army Museum, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3

Witness

Koźmiński Jerzy 31.08.1924

Topic

The Polish Righteous Among the Nations

Date

1941.12-1947

Location

Żyrardów Warsaw, Tucholska Street 30 Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Ghetto, Umschlagplatz, Stawki Street 2/6 Warsaw, Leszno Street Warsaw, ghetto, Umschlagplatz, Stawki Street 2/6 Warsaw, Waliców Street Warsaw, Płocka Street Żyrardów Warsaw, Stalowa Street Otwock Warsaw, Hoża Street 38 Mödling (Austria) Wawer (Warsaw), Błękitna Street 15 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Koluszki

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Witness

Tomiczek Henryk

Topic

The Polish Underground State and its bid to help Jews

Date

1939.09-1980

Location

Świder (Otwock) Gross-Born (Kłomino), Oflag II D Radzymin Neubrandenburg (Germany), Stalag IIA Warsaw Warsaw, Ghetto Silberberg, Oflag VIII B KL Dachau (Germany) Murnau, Oflag VII A Dössel, Oflag VI B Itzehoe, Stalag X A Lübeck, Oflag X C

Witness

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Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1941-1944.09.16

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, 6 Sierpnia Street 36 Warsaw, All Saints' Church, Grzybowski Square 3/5

Witness

Koźmiński Jerzy 31.08.1924

Topic

The Polish Righteous Among the Nations

Date

1942.03-1945.05

Location

Ożarów Mazowiecki Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 Ołtarzew KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Wawer (Warsaw) Wołkowysk (now in Belarus) Wołkowysk (Belarus)

Witness

Wawer Bolesław

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1943- 1945

Location

Warsaw, Złota Street Warsaw, Ghetto Pilawa Laski (western Warsaw county), Institute for the Blind, Brzozowa Street 75 Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street

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Witness

Czyżewska Anna

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939-1945.02

Location

Kocmyrzów Warsaw, Kapucyńska Street 3 Pruszków, Dulag 121 Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2)

Witness

Porzycka Janina

Topic

The efforts of the Catholic Church to aid Jews

Date

1939-1945

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Henryków (Warsaw), Modlińska Street Łudy (Warsaw), parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Klasyków Street 21/23 Warsaw, Ghetto Płudy (Warsaw), school of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, Klasyków Street 52/54

Witness

Kruszewski Zygmunt 27.08.1928, Warsaw

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939-1944.08

Location

Warsaw, Czerniaków Warsaw, Długa Street 25 Milanówek Warsaw, Mokotowska Street 14 Gdynia

Witness

Lampert Lilianna 02.06.1931

Topic

The efforts of the Catholic Church to aid Jews

Date

1939.09-1945

Location

Warsaw, convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kazimierzowska Street 59 Szymanów (Sochaczew district), convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Szkolna Street 2 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Pruszków, Dulag 121 Zaręby Kościelne Warsaw, Szkolna Street 2

Witness

Cieszkowska Halina

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1944.01-1945.05

Location

Kabacki Forest (Warsaw) Klarysew (Konstancin-Jeziorna) Zeithain (Germany), Stalag IV-H Powsin (Warsaw) Gołkowo (Brodnica district) Skolimów (Konstancin-Jeziorna)

Witness

Lachowicz Stanisław

Topic

Disrupted childhood – Volhynia

Date

-

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Kowel (now in Ukraine) Hrubieszów Łuck (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Znamirowski Witold

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1943-1943

Location

Warsaw, Morszyńska Street

Witness

Znamirowski Witold

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1943-1943

Location

Warsaw Warsaw, Ghetto

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Witness

Orczykowski Stefan

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939.09.-1943.05.16

Location

Warsaw, Chłodna Street/ Wronia Street Warsaw, Warecka Street 7 Treblinka, German extermination camp Warsaw, Nowy Świat Street 49 Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Grzybowski Square Warsaw, Napoleona Square (Powstańców Warszawy Square) Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2) Warsaw, Świętokrzyska Street Warsaw, Próżna Street Warsaw, Twarda Street