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Witness

Tchórzewski Józef

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Leżajsk Gródek Jagielloński (Gródek, Ukraine) Gródek Jagielloński (Ukraine) Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Ukhto-Izhemsky Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Uszacki Leon 1918

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Gołąb Maria 08.09.1902

Topic

In exile – Ural

Date

1939.09.17-1941.08

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Lobva (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

Witness

Ziembiński Marian 1888

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

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Location

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

Witness

Zwolski Czesław

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Sasów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Babin (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast), POW forced labor camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Werdum Piotr 1911

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

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Location

Rawa Ruska (Ukraine), NKVD prison Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Witness

-

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Nadwórna (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Shevchenko Maidan Street 43 Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

-

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

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Location

Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Sevdvinlag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast)

Witness

-

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Republic of Mordovia

Date

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Location

Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a Temlag (Russia, Republic of Mordovia) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Alma-Ata (Almaty, Kazakhstan) Guzar (Uzbekistan) Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan)

Witness

-

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

-

Location

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Witness

-

Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

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Location

Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)

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Witness

Kubuła Marian 24.04.1909, Częstochowa

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1939.12.24-1942.02.07

Location

Dąbrowica (now in Ukraine) Shahrisabz (Uzbekistan) Sarny (now in Ukraine) Vitiunino (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Hazorasp (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Klewczenia Jan 1911?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.12.13-1941.08.04

Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Szarecki Bolesław 1874, Minsk (Belarus)

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1939.10

Location

Trembowla (now in Ukraine) Husiatyn (now in Ukraine) Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Putyvl (Ukraine), NKVD camp for POWs (Sofronievsky Monastery) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

Witness

Burda Augustyn 1901?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1940.04.28 - 1941.09.03

Location

Kołomyja (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, aleja Wolności (Lesi Ukrainki Street 32) Irkutsk (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast)

Witness

Wasiewicz Mieczysław 18.02.1919

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

-

Location

Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Zdunek Szczepan 1892

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

-

Location

Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Sangorodok (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Siwy Szymon 1907?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1940.02.20-1943

Location

Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast)

Witness

-

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

-

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Kyiv (Ukraine) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Bukhara (Uzbekistan)

Witness

-

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Skole (Ukraine), Groedel Palace (NKVD headquarters), Knyaz Svyatoslav Street 40 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Farab (Turkmenistan), train station Tashkent (Uzbekistan)