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Witness

Karkowska Barbara

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1940-1940

Location

Zagnańsk

Witness

Socha Zbigniew

Topic

Date

1940-1940

Location

Końskie

Witness

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Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1940-1940

Location

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Witness

Deja Stanisław 23.04.1907, Kowala

Topic

The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1940-1940

Location

Kończyce (Radom), Kosowski Forest

Witness

Dzieniszewski Paweł 1890?

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Ostrów region

Date

1940-1940

Location

Ostrów Mazowiecka

Witness

Karpiński Zdzisław 18.09.1920, Ostrów Mazowiecka

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Ostrów region

Date

1940-1940

Location

Ostrów Mazowiecka Warsaw, Dulag, Skaryszewska Street 8

Witness

Karwat Stefan 1905?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1940-1940

Location

Głuchów (Kielce district) Pińczów, prison, 3-go Maja Street

Witness

Lubalski Tomasz 1890?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1940-1940

Location

Głuchów (Kielce district) Szydłów (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) Pińczów, prison, 3-go Maja Street

Witness

Górny Andrzej 12.07.1927, Gilowice

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Upper Silesia

Date

1940-1940

Location

Gliwice

Witness

Horska Alicja

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Upper Silesia

Date

1940-1940

Location

Połomia (Myszków) Żarki (Myszków district) Radziejów Kujawski

Witness

Bielecki Andrzej 24.11.1925, Radziejów

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Upper Silesia

Date

1940-1940

Location

Połomia (Myszków) Czarna Struga (Myszków) Żarki (Myszków county) Żarki (Myszków district) Julianka (Częstochowa district) Julianka (Częstochowa county)

Witness

Jankowski Aleksander 01.04.1924, Trynosy

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Ostrów region

Date

1940-1940

Location

Ostrów Mazowiecka

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Witness

Kusak Stanisław 04.04.1920, Kazimierza Wielka

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Kielce region

Date

1940.01-1940.12

Location

Kazimierza Wielka, H. Kołłątaj Elementary School, 1-go Maja Street 1

Witness

Lichwała Helena 1895?, Busko-Zdrój

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1940-1940

Location

Kielce, Św. Wojciecha Square 14

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Witness

Jaskólska Stefania 1892?

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1940-1940

Location

KL Ravensbrück (Germany)

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Witness

Brajski Sławomir

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1940.01-1940.12

Location

Warsaw, Stojanowska Street 12/14

Witness

Gwiazdomorski Jan 04.02.1899, Kraków

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.11.01-1945.01.17

Location

Kraków Wrocław, prison, Kleczkowska Street 35 KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) KL Buchenwald (Germany)

Witness

Sobolewski Bolesław 1899

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1935-1941.09.13

Location

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

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Witness

Piotrowski Feliks

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1939.09.08-1941.09.10

Location

Vyatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) Korzec (now in Ukraine) Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) Orenburg (Kazakhstan) Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Płatacz Wiktor

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1939.12.27-1943.06.11

Location

Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Wilno (now in Lithuania) Temlag (Russia, Republic of Mordovia) Chokpak (Kazakhstan) Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) Połock (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Street Putevaya (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kuybyshev (Samara, Russia, Samara Oblast) Tehran (Iran) Farab (Kazakhstan) Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Margilan (Uzbekistan)