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Witness

Hołdakowski Adolf 1910?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941.08.25

Location

Proskuriv (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Lwów (now in Ukraine) Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Jarmolińce (now in Ukraine), transit camp Omeliany (Velyka Omeliana, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Jasiewicz Władysław

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.09.04-1941.09.13

Location

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

Witness

Niwiński Antoni 1901

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.12.15-1942.02.01

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Brześć (now in Belarus) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Nukus (Uzbekistan) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Hryniuk Antoni 1911?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1941.08.21

Location

Przemyśl Sądowa Wisznia (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Tuczapy (now in Ukraine) Kowel (now in Ukraine) Gródek Jagielloński (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Rudnia Poczajowska (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Czernielów Ruski (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs

Witness

Zalewski Jerzy 1921?

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1941.08.09

Location

Kruhel (Ukraine) Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Szotkowski Wiktor 1915?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.24-1941.08.22

Location

Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kamionka Las (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Podwołoczyska (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zimna Woda (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Shahrisabz (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Sankowski Stanisław 08.05.1906

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1941.08.24

Location

Baranowicze (now in Belarus) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Gródek Jagielloński (Gródek, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Mikielewicz Antoni 1905

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.08

Location

Zdzięcioł (now in Belarus) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Komi Republic (Russia) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Kwiatkowski Stanisław 1915

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.01.13-1941.08.15

Location

Brześć (now in Belarus) Minsk (Belarus) Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Czerwień (Belarus) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Kurlawski Marian 19.02.1908

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.01.03-1941.10.23

Location

Włodawa Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Grodno (Belarus), NKVD remand center (Magistrat), Magistracka Street (Sovetskaya Street 8) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tobys (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Kluczyński Rajmund 1900, Warsaw

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.19-1942

Location

Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp

Witness

Kostro Wiktor 1913

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

1939.09.17-1943

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Dworce (Belarus) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Izhma (Russia, Komi Republic) Stołpce (now in Belarus) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kagan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Konopko Jan 1900?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.19-1941.08.25

Location

Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp Zawiasy (Lithuania) Wyłkowyszki (now in Lithuania), internee camp Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Mongiałło Wacław 1910

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.06.27-1941.09.18

Location

Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Majewicz Mikołaj 1900?

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939-1942.02.02

Location

Stryj (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Trybunalska Street (Ołesnyćkoho Street 4) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Sukhobezvodnoye (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)

Witness

Zieliński Bolesław 1910?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941.9.01

Location

Werba Dubieńska (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Werba Dubieńska (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tudorów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Volochysk (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine) Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Andrzejewski Teodor 1904?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.25-1941

Location

Zamość Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kurowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Żydatycze (Hamaliyivka, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Hermanów (Tarasiwka, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kamionka Strumiłowa (Kamionka Bużańska, now in Ukraine) Rawa Ruska (now in Ukraine) Barszczowice (now in Ukraine), train station Jarosław (podkarpackie voivodeship)

Witness

Awienko Henryk 1910?

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941.05.15-1942.02.28

Location

Grodno (now in Belarus) Brześć (now in Belarus) Minsk (Belarus) Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Zhangiztobe (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Olejniczek Czesław 1923?

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04.13-1942.01.08

Location

Nowogródek (now in Belarus) Alembietovsk (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Różycki Henryk

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.10.02-1941.06.27

Location

Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Warkowicze (Ukraine) Romanówka (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs