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Topic

A genocide conducted by Ukrainian Nationalists – Volhynia

Date

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Location

Łuck (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Zazula Piotr

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

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Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine)

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

Baranowski Józef

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Michalski Władysław 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sosenki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tuligłowy (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Baliński Kazimierz 1901

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Równe (Ukraine) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Zahorce Wielkie (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Sądowa Wisznia (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Pługów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Skole (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine)

Witness

Gajewski Jan 1899.05.01

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Świętosław (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Waserberger Leon

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Brody (Ukraine) Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Monasterzyska (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Tobacco Factory), Szewczenka Street 15 Buczacz (now in Ukraine) Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Wielgosz Józef 1919

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Skole (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Szulc C.

Topic

The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

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Location

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Witness

Szulc C.

Topic

The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

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Location

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Witness

Szulc C.

Topic

The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

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Location

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Witness

Rataj Tomasz

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Date

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Location

Borszczów (now in Ukraine), barracks, Shukhevych Street 14 Semipalatinsk (Semey, Kazakhstan) Taraz (Jambyl, Kazakhstan) Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3)

Witness

Dawidowski Roman 1884?

Topic

Intelligentsia at gunpoint – terror against the Polish elite

Date

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Location

Kraków

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Witness

Górecki Aleksander 1901?

Topic

Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau – witnesses to Annihilation

Date

1942-1943

Location

Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Canada" KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Ramp III KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz I, roll call square KL Auschwitz I, Block 10 KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau)

Witness

Gołąb Jan 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Rodatycze (now in Ukraine), transit camp Skniłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine)

Witness

Csabak Leon 1919

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

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Location

Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Śniatyń (now in Ukraine) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6

Witness

Chodorowski Aleksander

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Worochta (now in Ukraine) Nadwórna (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Shevchenko Maidan Street 43 Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kharkiv (Ukraine) Moscow (Russia) Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Naryan-Mar (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Chyliński Aleksander 1914.05.24

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Sangorodok (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21)

Witness

Haniewicz Witold 1916

Topic

Date

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Location

Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Moscow (Russia) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)