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Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.02-1941.08.01

Location

Nowojelnia (now in Belarus) Nowogródek (now in Belarus) Stołpce (now in Belarus) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tuligłowy (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Załuże (Ukraine) Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Gierych Anatol 1910?

Topic

Prisoners of war – transit camps in Kielce

Date

1939.08.24-1939.09

Location

Świder (Otwock)

Witness

Kraska Franciszek 1912?

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1939-1939

Location

Warsaw

Witness

Tarnik Janina

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09.01-1939.09

Location

Starachowice Iłża

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Witness

Grot Józef 11.01.1897

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.01-1942.02.20

Location

Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Czorsztyn Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Nowy Sącz Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Tokmok (Kyrgyzstan) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

Witness

Gau Józef 1897.05.05

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Kagan (Uzbekistan) Moscow (Russia) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

Date

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Location

Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast)

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Witness

Gisicz Stanisław

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.07.24-1943

Location

Siedlce Królewiec (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Handelsman Czesław 1902

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

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Location

Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Ostrów Mazowiecka Zambrów

Witness

Brachaniec Leon 1897?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.01-1941.09.24

Location

Łuck (now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Wójtowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Teofipol (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Szepetówka (Ukraine) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Frankiewicz Feliks 1922

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Noshul (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Hutek Szczepan 20.11.1909, Siekierczyna (pow. limanowski)

Topic

In exile – Ural

Date

1920-1942.03.15

Location

Podhajce (now in Ukraine) Czerwień (Belarus) Chokpak (Kazakhstan) Pervomaysky (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

Date

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Location

Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

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Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

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Location

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Witness

Zygmunt Władysław 1901

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

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Location

Jambyl Oblast (Kazakhstan) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Minsk (Belarus), NKVD remand center "Amerykanka", Hradsky Val Street 4 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashlak (Toshloq, Uzbekistan)

Witness

Herbełko Jan 1921

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

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Location

Lesko Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Bukowiecka-Lipska Zofia 1911

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939-1943

Location

Altai Krai (Russia) Parubanek (Wilno, now in Lithuania), airport (now Vilnius International Airport)

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Witness

Kulesza Stefan 1904?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939-1941.09.15

Location

Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Kola Penninsula (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs