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Witness

Gitler-Barski Józef 03.03.1898, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1940.10-1943.04

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Leszno Street Warsaw, Gęsia Street (Anielewicza Street) Warsaw, Unii Lubelskiej Square Warsaw, Prosta Street/ Żelazna Street Warsaw, Czeczota Street 19 Warsaw, Czeczota Street German extermination camp of Treblinka

Witness

Goraj Ludwik

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

Polak Wacław

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – Pomerania

Date

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Location

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Witness

Kubicka Halina

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Kielce region

Date

1939.09-1944.06.06

Location

Wzdół Rządowy

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Witness

Głowacki Czesław 1921?

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1940.08.16-1945.06.13

Location

Warsaw KL Ravensbrück (Germany) KL Auschwitz I KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Mysłowice (śląskie voivodeship) Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship)

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Witness

Olszewska Irena 29.11.1900, Sobolówka (now in Ukraine)

Topic

In exile – Kostroma Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1943.06.09

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Poldnevitsa (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) Tamdinsky District (Uzbekistan) Tehran (Iran) Tehran (Iran)

Witness

Łunkiewicz Polikarp 1899?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.12-1942.08.24

Location

Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast)

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Witness

Bińczak Bolesław 11.10.1899, Dąbrówka

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.10-1941.08.20

Location

Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

Witness

Wójcikiewicz Kazimierz 1901

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1940.03.22 - 1942.02

Location

Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan)

Witness

Pisarek Wojciech 1904

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1942.02.22

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

Date

1939.11.24-1942.03.24

Location

Khanaqin (Iran) Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1

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Witness

Januszkiewicz Henryk Stanisław 1913

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.02.20-1941.09.27

Location

Kharkiv (Ukraine) Przemyśl Garbarze (Jarosław) North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Cybański Adam 1907?

Topic

In exile – Far East

Date

1940.06.29-1941

Location

Aldansky District (Russia, Yakutia) Samarkand (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Malinowski Józef 1915

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.07.21

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Skole (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Janowa Dolina (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Janowa Dolina (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs

Witness

Gütig Eryk 1912

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

1939.12.29-1941.09.04

Location

Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Starobilsk (Ukraine) Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

Gamuń Wladysław 1902

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.12

Location

Nukht-Ozero (Verkhovsky, Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Gralak Stanisław 14.07.1915

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09-1942.02.01

Location

Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

Ćwilewicz Dominik 1897

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.07

Location

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Witness

Jackowski Eugeniusz 12.12.1901

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19-1941.08.29

Location

Kulautuva (Lithuania), internment camp Zawiasy (Lithuania) Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150

Witness

Deręgowski Antoni

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.11 - 1941.10.02

Location

Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150