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Witness

Bernatowicz Jan 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17 - 1941.08

Location

Kostopol (now in Ukraine) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

Blewąska Wincenty 1900

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.09.15

Location

Podhajce (now in Ukraine) Kupcze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Błońska Stefania Maria 14.04.1919, Warsaw

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1942.11.03-1945.05.05

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Treblinka, German extermination camp KL Buchenwald (Germany) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2) Odrowąż (Końskie district)

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Witness

Tomaszewski Bronisław 09.01.1891

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1943.02.03-1945.02.05

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 KL Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria) Warsaw, Prosta Street 50 Warsaw, Grzybowska Street 69

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Witness

Gryciuk Michalina 12.09.1897

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1940.04.09-1945.10

Location

Warsaw, Emilii Plater Street 20 Warsaw, Chmielna Street 124

Witness

-

Topic

Date

1939.09.01-1941.08.24

Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tudorów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Lwów (now in Ukraine)

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Witness

Orzeszek Władysław 11.04.1897, Studno

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.10-1944

Location

Warsaw, Kowelska Street

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Witness

Wojciechowski Leon 12.01.1894, Warsaw

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1944.05

Location

Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Warsaw, Drucianka factory, Objazdowa Street 1 Warsaw, Szeroka Street 22

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Witness

Rutkiewicz Jan 14.08.1904, Kielce

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1944.08

Location

Warsaw Warsaw, Jewish Hospital, Dworska Street 17 (Kasprzaka Street 17) Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 55

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Witness

Postek Józef 28.05.1922, Stoczek (Stoczek commune)

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Ostrów region

Date

1939.09-1944

Location

Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 German extermination camp of Treblinka

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Witness

Kielan Franciszek 01.04.1898, Sokołów Podlaski

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1944

Location

Warsaw

Witness

Esman Wladysław

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.19-1941.08.24

Location

Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Minsk (Belarus) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

Witness

Ewertowski Stanisław 1905.04.16

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.29-1941.08.01

Location

Grodno (now in Belarus) Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Hołownica (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Korzec (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Proskuriv (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zawóz Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Frąckowiak Jan 1906.03.11

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09-1941.09

Location

Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Sądowa Wisznia (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Lubicz Jerzy 25.05.1914, Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Topic

Ochota '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

1944.08.01-1945.04.27

Location

KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) Warsaw, Prokuratorska Street 5

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Witness

Gawrońska Janina Henryka 30.03.1920, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of the Old Town

Date

1944.08.02-1945.09

Location

Warsaw, Długa Street 7 Warsaw, Długa Street 16 Warsaw, Zamkowy Square

Witness

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Topic

Date

1939-1942

Location

Komi Republic (Russia)

Witness

-

Topic

Date

-

Location

Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

-

Topic

Date

-

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kherson (Ukraine), prison, Perekopska Street 10 Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine), NKVD Headquarters, Chkalov Street (Sviatoslav Chorobroho Street 23) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

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Topic

Date

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Location

Rawa Ruska (Ukraine), NKVD prison Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Guzar (Uzbekistan)