“Chronicles of Terror”. Base of testimonies of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor

Main Page Indexes Perpetrators The State Protection Police \(Schutzpolizei, Schupo\)

Witness (date and place of birth)
- Kucharski Teofil; 06.02.1889, Jaszczew (3)
  
  Gelade Eliasz; 1894? (2)
  
  Kruszyna Stanisław (2)
  
  Lechowski Maksymilian; 1900? (2)
  
  Bartonezz Irena; 03.10.1896 (1)
  
  Brener Liber; 08.11.1907, Turzysk (1)
  
  Brylowski Józef, 1895? (1)
  
  Bucior Ryszard (1)
  
  Cielecka Eleonora (1)
  
  Dziopek Jan; 27.10.1889, Borek Stary (1)
  
  Fastman Ludwik; 31.07.1899, Drohobycz (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Fronenberg Moszek; 04.04.1921, Puławy (1)
  
  Fudalewski Marcin; 1888? (1)
  
  Gamm Rudolf; 28.10.1884; Gdańsk (1)
  
  Gelade Eliasz; 1893? (1)
  
  Gelber Zeuma; 26.07.1907, Częstochowa (1)
  
  Jakubowski Stefan, 16.08.1902 (1)
  
  Karczewski Stanisław (1)
  
  Klecha Józef; 1903? (1)
  
  Koniecpoler Dawid; 1897? (1)
  
  Kopacz Franciszek; 31.12.1900, Słupia Nowa (1)
  
  Kosiński Wacław; 21.09.1882 (1)
  
  Kryńska Joanna Ewa; 19.09.1915, Charbin (1)
  
  Kręcina Józef; 09.02.1894, Kocierz (1)
  
  Lesikiewicz Zygmunt; 20.09.1911, Iłża (1)
  
  Lichocki Marian; 1900? (1)
  
  Listkiewicz Ludwik; 1889? (1)
  
  Materek Wacława; 02.05.1924, Michniów (1)
  
  Müller Filip; 1921? (1)
  
  Niedzielski Ludwik (1)
  
  Nożkin Sergiusz; 07.10.1917; Petrozavodsk (Russia) (1)
  
  Obara Jan; 1900? (1)
  
  Ostachowski Bogdan; 1925?, Wilno (now in Lithuania) (1)
  
  Owiński Tadeusz; 21.07.1904; Kołomyja (Ukraine) (1)
  
  Pacyk Kazimierz; 1918? (1)
  
  Patrys Jan; 1897? (1)
  
  Pieńkowski Stefan; 23.07.1883, Młynów (łódzkie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Przykucki Augustyn?, 02.03.1889 (1)
  
  Płoski Stanisław; 04.12.1899, Briańsk (Russia) (1)
  
  Płoski Stanisław; 04.12.1899, Bryansk (Russia) (1)
  
  Radwański Tadeusz; 13.02.1893, Białystok (1)
  
  Ratajczyk Józef; 10.03.1904, Warsaw (1)
  
  Ratajczyk Zdzisław Józef; 21.03.1927, Warsaw (1)
  
  Rychlik Czesław; 16.07.1908, Sokołów Podlaski (1)
  
  Sewerski Stefan; 1900? (1)
  
  Sikorski Stanisław; 15.04.1909, Warsaw (1)
  
  Skotnicki Jerzy; 12.02.1902, Łódź (1)
  
  Sobieniak Władysław; 1921? (1)
  
  Sowa Józef (1)
  
  Stanik Marian; 30.09.1915, Guzów (Orońsko district) (1)
  
  Starościak Franciszek (1)
  
  Stawiarz Władysław; 1908? (1)
  
  Stępień Stefen (1)
  
  Tomasik Marcin (1)
  
  Wieczorek Kazimierz; 1893? (1)
  
  Woźniewski Zbigniew; 09.04.1914, Nakło nad Notecią (1)
  
  Wągrowski Tadeusz; 12.06.1904, Warsaw (1)
  
  Zając Michał; 1913 (1)
  
  Zieliński Franciszek; 15.03.1897, Warsaw (1)
  
  Zientkiewicz Władysław; 1895? (1)
  
  Żurkowski Jerzy; 1924? (1)
Subject
- The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas (13)
  
  The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (12)
  
  The city condemned to death (7)
  
  The Radom region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (5)
  
  Disrupted childhood – the Radom region (2)
  
  Intelligentsia at gunpoint – terror against the Polish elite (2)
  
  Michniów – the annihilation of Polish villages (2)
  
  Michniów – the extermination of the Polish countryside (2)
  
  Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau – witnesses to Annihilation (2)
  
  Street executions in Warsaw (2)
  
  The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Częstochowa Ghetto (2)
  
  The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto (2)
  
  The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (2)
  
  Warsaw '44 – the pacification of Mokotów (2)
  
  Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city (2)
  
  Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw (2)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp (1)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death (1)
  
  Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Częstochowa region (1)
  
  Gdańsk – daily terror (1)
  
  Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto (1)
  
  Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück (1)
  
  Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks (1)
  
  Poles saving Jews – Kraków (1)
  
  Poles saving Jews – the Częstochowa region (1)
  
  Poles, Kashubs and Germans – the situation before the genocide (1)
  
  Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture (1)
  
  Pruszków – the town of the displaced (1)
  
  Radom bathed in blood – the prison in the former convent buildings (1)
  
  Radom – daily terror (1)
  
  September Campaign (1)
  
  The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Radom Ghetto (1)
  
  The Lublin region – the pacification of townships and rural areas (1)
  
  Their lives forfeit – the underground movement in the Lublin region (1)
  
  Warsaw '44 – pacification of Mokotów (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- KL Auschwitz-Birkenau (6)
  
  Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2) (4)
  
  Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 (4)
  
  Bogoria (Staszów district) (3)
  
  Częstochowa (3)
  
  German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau (3)
  
  KL Auschwitz I (3)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) (3)
  
  KL Gross-Rosen (3)
  
  KL Ravensbrück (Germany) (3)
  
  Odrowąż (Końskie district) (3)
  
  Opatów (3)
  
  Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (3)
  
  Piotrków Trybunalski, ghetto (3)
  
  Rudki (district of Kielce), "Staszic" National Ore Mine (3)
  
  Warsaw (3)
  
  Warsaw, Dworkowa Street (3)
  
  Warsaw, Ogródek Jordanowski [Jordan garden], Bagatela Street 2/4 (3)
  
  Warsaw, Ujazdowski Hospital, Jazdów Street 2 (3)
  
  Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp (2)
  
  Bliżyn, forced labor camp (2)
  
  Chlewiska (Szydłowiec district) (2)
  
  Częstochowa, Garibaldiego Street (2)
  
  Częstochowa, Ghetto (2)
  
  Częstochowa, Jewish cemetery, Złota Street (2)
  
  Częstochowa, Krótka Street (2)
  
  Częstochowa, forced labor camp "Hasag Pelcery", 1 Maja Street (Filomatów Street 14) (2)
  
  Firlej (Radom) (2)
  
  Gdańsk (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall (2)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V (2)
  
  KL Majdanek (2)
  
  KL Plaszow (2)
  
  Michniów (2)
  
  Milanówek (2)
  
  Parchocin (2)
  
  Piotrków Trybunalski, Manufaktura, Sulejowska Street 45 (2)
  
  Powsin (Warsaw) (2)
  
  Pruszków, Dulag 121 (2)
  
  Radom (2)
  
  Radom, Ghetto Glinice (2)
  
  Radom, Ghetto Śródmieście (2)
  
  Radom, Roman Catholic cemetery, Limanowskiego Street (2)
  
  Radom, Traugutta Street (2)
  
  Radom, Wałowa Street (2)
  
  Radom, prison (Benedictine convent), Malczewskiego Street 1 (2)
  
  Sosnowiec (śląskie voivodeship), industrial labor camp (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) (2)
  
  Warsaw, Bartycka Street 7 (2)
  
  Warsaw, Czerniakowska Street (2)
  
  Warsaw, Franciscan sisters' Home of Divine Providence, Chełmska Street 19 (2)
  
  Warsaw, General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces, al. Szucha 12/14 (2)
  
  Warsaw, General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces, aleja Szucha 12/14 (2)
  
  Warsaw, Ghetto (2)
  
  Warsaw, Gościniec Street 53 (2)
  
  Warsaw, Litewska Street (2)
  
  Warsaw, Litewska Street 14 (2)
  
  Warsaw, National Office of Physical Education and Military Defence, Myśliwiecka Street (2)
  
  Warsaw, St. Adalbert's church, Wolska Street 76 (2)
  
  Warsaw, State Office of Physical Education and Military Training, Myśliwiecka Street (2)
  
  Warsaw, Wiejska Street (2)
  
  Świniary, parish cemetery (2)
  
  Berlin (Germany) (1)
  
  Bełżec, German extermination camp (1)
  
  Biłgoraj (lubelskie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Bliżyn (1)
  
  Bochnia, train station (1)
  
  Bodzentyn (1)
  
  Bydgoszcz (1)
  
  Bór Kunowski (1)
  
  Chmielnik (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) (1)
  
  Ciszyca Górna (1)
  
  Czajków (Kępie Górne) (1)
  
  Czekarzewice (1)
  
  Czekarzewice Drugie (1)
  
  Czekarzewice Pierwsze (1)
  
  Częstochowa, "Luna" Cinema, aleja Kościuszki 7 (1)
  
  Częstochowa, Dąbrowskiego Street 6 (1)
  
  Częstochowa, Garibaldiego Street 15 (1)
  
  Częstochowa, Gruer's Pharmacy, 1 Maja Street 12 (1)
  
  Częstochowa, Nowy Rynek (Daszyńskiego Square) (1)
  
  Częstochowa, Rynek Warszawski (Bohaterów Getta Square) (1)
  
  Dęblin (1)
  
  Garbatka (Garbatka-Letnisko) (1)
  
  Gdynia (1)
  
  German extermination camp of Bełżec (1)
  
  German extermination camp of Treblinka (1)
  
  Gorlice, Gestapo headquarters, Legionów Street 8 (1)
  
  Gębice (Godów) (1)
  
  Hanover (Germany) (1)
  
  Inowrocław (1)
  
  Jasło (1)
  
  Jasło, temporary remand prison, Staszica Street 3 (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Familienlager Theresienstadt (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Sauna (1)
  
  KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ramp I (1)
  
  KL Bergen-Belsen (Germany) (1)
  
  KL Buchenwald (Germany) (1)
  
  KL Kaiserwald (Latvia) (1)
Victims
- Civilians (58)
  
  The Civilian Population (58)
  
  The Poles (48)
  
  Women (31)
  
  The Jews (26)
  
  The Inteligentsia (22)
  
  Children (21)
  
  The Elderly (13)
  
  The elderly (13)
  
  The Sick (11)
  
  The sick (11)
  
  Prisoners of War (7)
  
  The Disabled (6)
  
  The Communists (3)
  
  Germans (2)
  
  Greeks (2)
  
  Russians/Soviets (2)
  
  Slovaks (2)
  
  The Church (2)
  
  The Russians (2)
  
  Americans (1)
  
  Czechs (1)
  
  Hungarians (1)
  
  Norwegians (1)
  
  Romanians (1)
  
  The Dutch (1)
  
  The French (1)
Perpetrators
- The State Protection Police (Schutzpolizei, Schupo) (64)
  
  SS (22)
  
  Military Police (16)
  
  The Secret Police of Nazi Germany (Geheime Staatspolizei, the Gestapo) (15)
  
  Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, SD) (8)
  
  The Volksdeutsche/The Volksliste (8)
  
  The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians" (6)
  
  The Wehrmacht, the Unified Armed Forces of Nazi Germany (6)
  
  Criminal Police (Kriminalpolizei, Kripo) (4)
  
  The Factory Protection Police (Werkschutzpolizei) (4)
  
  Collaboration (3)
  
  Latvians (3)
  
  German Air Force (Luftwaffe) (2)
  
  Order Police (Ordnungspolizei, Orpo) (2)
  
  Railroad Police (Bahnschutzpolizei) (2)
  
  The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (Ukrainische Hilfspolizei) (2)
  
  SS-Totenkopfverbände (1)
  
  The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) (1)
  
  The Russian Liberation Army (the Vlasov Army) (1)
  
  Waffen-SS (1)
Crimes
- Execution (51)
  
  Death by shooting (49)
  
  Beating (23)
  
  Arrest (22)
  
  Forced labor (21)
  
  Deportation (19)
  
  Robbery (19)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (12)
  
  Biological extermination (10)
  
  Destruction and robbery of cultural heritage/Destruction of property (10)
  
  Robbery and damage to cultural goods/Damage to property (10)
  
  Displacement (9)
  
  Expulsion (9)
  
  The liquidation of ghetto (9)
  
  Mass graves (8)
  
  Round-up (8)
  
  Hanging (7)
  
  Racial policy (7)
  
  Cremation (6)
  
  Cremation of corpses (6)
  
  Administrative persecution (5)
  
  Burning people alive (4)
  
  Economic exploitation (4)
  
  Gas chambers (4)
  
  Artillery fire (3)
  
  Artillery shelling (3)
  
  Medical experiments (3)
  
  The hate campaigns/propaganda (3)
  
  Air raids (2)
  
  Cattle wagons (2)
  
  Deportation/Exile (2)
  
  Desacration of corpses (2)
  
  Judicial crime (2)
  
  Rape (2)
  
  "Dosing" (1)
  
  Armored weapons (1)
Place
- Concentration camp (13)
  
  Ghetto (12)
  
  Police headquarters/station (11)
  
  Prison (7)
  
  Labor camp (6)
  
  Extermination camp (5)
  
  Forced labor (5)
  
  Transit camp (2)
  
  Sewers (1)
Content
- Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (19)
  
  Extermination of Jews (17)
  
  Warsaw Uprising (16)
  
  Pacification of rural areas (14)
  
  Rescue of Jews (7)
  
  Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) (6)
  
  Health service (5)
  
  Jewish Police Service (Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst) (5)
  
  Blue police (Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement) (4)
  
  Intelligentsia Action (Intelligenzaktion) (4)
  
  Obliterating the traces (3)
  
  Polish Underground State (3)
  
  obliterating the traces (3)
  
  Central Welfare Council (2)
  
  Free City of Danzig (2)
  
  Judenrat (2)
  
  Wola Massacre (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Called by name (1)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Collectivization of Polish agriculture (1)
  
  Farmers' Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie) (1)
  
  Field health service (1)
  
  National Armed Forces (1)
  
  Sonderaktion "Ungarn" (1)
  
  Sonderaktion „Ungarn“ (1)
  
  The People's Army (Armia Ludowa, AL) (1)
  
  The Silent Unseen (1)
  
  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1)
Object type
- Testimony from court/criminal proceedings (52)
  
  Testimony from court/criminal proceedings, given without an oath (8)
  
  Account (2)
  
  Brief (1)
  
  Photograph (1)
  
  Scene investigation report (1)
Object Creation Date
- Start date: End date:
File creator ^?
- District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom (18)
  
  District Court in Radom (13)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Warsaw (12)
  
  Supreme National Tribunal (10)
  
  Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland (4)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Gdańsk (2)
  
  Ministry of Education in Warsaw (2)
  
  Committee for the Commemoration of Poles who Saved Jews (1)
  
  District Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Warsaw (1)
Medium
- Text (64)
  
  Image (10)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (56)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (8)