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Witness

Magzamen Norbert

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.12.09-1943

Location

Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast

Date

-

Location

Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) Chokpak (Kazakhstan)

Witness

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Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

-

Location

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Witness

Owczarski

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940.01.25

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Dubno (now in Ukraine)

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Witness

Leonherel Czesław

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kalisz

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Witness

Dobrzańska-Jaszczyk Aleksandra

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08.15-1940.04.03

Location

Hrubieszów Turkowice (Hrubieszów district), Monastery of the Protection of Our Lady Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Witness

Wejsflog Ewa Wiktoria 01.11.1939, Warszawa

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08-1940.03.08

Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine)

Witness

Stawecki Jan 1900?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1930.09.20-1941.09

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Oszmiana (now in Belarus) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

-

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Babin (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast), POW forced labor camp Poltava (Ukraine) Kyiv (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan) Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) Farab (Kazakhstan) Beirut (Lebanon)

Witness

-

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

-

Location

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Otwinowski Stanisław 1900

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

-

Location

Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) Zaporizhia (Ukraine) Burlag (Russia, Jewish Autonomous Oblast)

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Witness

Buben Wincenty

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.18-1941.09.10

Location

Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Mołodeczno (now in Belarus)

Witness

Gąsiorek Józef 1890

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

1939.10.24-1941.08.15

Location

Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street Republic of Mordovia (Russia)

Witness

Franczak Stanisław

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.10-1942.02.12

Location

Słonim (now in Belarus) Dereczyn (now in Belarus) Grodno (now in Belarus) Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 Połock (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Street Tobolsk (Russia, Tyumen Oblast), NKVD prison (prison castle), Red Square 5 Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Gaczyński Zygmunt 1901

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Kirov Oblast

Date

1940.04.07-1941

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) Turya (Ukraine, Volhynia Oblast) Kharkiv (Ukraine) Viatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast) Vyatlag (Russia, Kirov Oblast)

Witness

Kalinowski

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.10.13-1943

Location

Hołownica (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Proskuriv (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Jarmolińce (now in Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp

Witness

Jędrzejewski Jan 1903?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.01-1943

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Chełm Kowel (now in Ukraine) Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Babin (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast), POW forced labor camp Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Leibel Józef 09.05.1895, Kraków

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.09.01-1942.03.21

Location

Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Norilsk (Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai) Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) Krasnoyarsk (Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai)

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Witness

Stawecki Józef 1890?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.10.19-1942.02.03

Location

Białystok Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Białystok, military cemetery, 11 Listopada Street Minsk (Belarus) Vitebsk (Belarus) North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina, Russia, Leningrad Oblast) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Szałajko Stanisław

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08-1940

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp

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