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Witness

Gołąb Jan 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

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

Dawczyński Jan 1901.12.24

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1901.12.24 - 1941.08.24

Location

Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

-

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Kielce Niewachlów (Kielce)

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Witness

Lubkiewicz Stanisław 18.10.1913, Sadowne

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Ostrów region

Date

1939.09-1944

Location

Sadowne (Sadowne commune)

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Witness

Klimek Maria

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05

Location

Warsaw

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Witness

Fiderkiewicz Alfred 2.07.1886, Horodenka (now: Ukraine)

Topic

Deadly medicine – Auschwitz-Birkenau

Date

1939.09-1945.01.31

Location

Sochaczew Milanówek, Żwirowa Street (Fiderkiewicza Street) Żyrardów Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki KL Buchenwald (Germany) KL Dachau (Germany) KL Majdanek KL Auschwitz I KL Kaiserwald (Latvia) Pruszków, Dulag 121 KL Auschwitz I, roll call square KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ramp I Mszczonów KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Familienlager Theresienstadt KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Zigeunerfamilienlager KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Sauna KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Ramp III KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” KL Auschwitz III (Monowitz) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

Terlecki Eugeniusz

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, Ukraine), transit camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Ponikwa (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tudorów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Teofipol (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Zamość

Witness

Tomaszewski Walenty 1900

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp

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Witness

Drogosz Natalia

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Łopuszno Skałka Polska

Witness

Baranowski Józef

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

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

Barachowski Jan 1900

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18 - 1941.08.18

Location

Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Równe (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp

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Witness

Dudziński

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08-1946.05.11

Location

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

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Witness

Moraczak

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1946.04.15

Location

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

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Witness

Zając Michał 08.09.1912

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09-1945.04

Location

Częstochowa Hannover (Germany), labor camp Opatów, Słowackiego Street 1

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Witness

Wrona Edward 13.10.1913, Tuchów

Topic

The first at Auschwitz – transport from Tarnów

Date

1939.08-1945.05.08

Location

Tarnów, Gestapo Headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18 Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), penal institution, Konarskiego Street 2 KL Leitmeritz (subcamp of KL Flossenbürg, Czech Republic) Mościce (Tarnów), State Works of Nitrogen Compounds, Kwiatkowskiego Street 8 Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), Lipowa Street 5 (Tertila Arcade 5) Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), mikveh, Rybny Square Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), Gestapo headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ramp I KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, SS-Stabsgebaude KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz I, roll call square KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little Red House” KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Leżajsk, Church of Merciful Jesus, Jarosławska Street 2 Zamość, castle Nowy Wiśnicz

Witness

Cendecki J.

Topic

Mazovia – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09.16-1944.10.01

Location

Warsaw Sochaczew Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Modlin Pomiechówek

Witness

-

Topic

Date

-

Location

Warsaw, Kredytowa Street 16 Warsaw, Mazowiecka Street 10 Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 KL Buchenwald (Germany) Warsaw, Polish Theater, Karasia Street 2

Witness

Futerek Tomasz 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Donbas (Ukraine) Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine)

Witness

Gajewski Jan 1899.05.01

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

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

Gajowy Józef 1901

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

-

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine)