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Witness

Sieburth Robert

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German death factory

Date

1940-1945

Location

KL Auschwitz I Warsaw Sosnowiec (śląskie voivodeship), Dulag, 1 Maja Street Kraków Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Lwów (now in Ukraine) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V Paris (France)

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Witness

Maciejowski Adolf 1908?

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1940-1943.11

Location

KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Bucki Jan 1883?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1939.09-1943.12

Location

Pińczów, prison, 3-go Maja Street Szaniec (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Wełecki Forest (Wełecz) Chrabków Słupia, forced labor camp

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Witness

Piskorek Franciszek 1892?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09-1945.01

Location

Pińczów, prison, 3-go Maja Street Busko-Zdrój, Gestapo headquarters, 3 Maja Avenue 7 (Batorego Street/ Mickiewicza Avenue)

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Witness

Izbicki Michał 05.02.1919, Janów

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp

Date

1944.04.06-1944.12

Location

KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Majdanek

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Witness

Wasilewski Józef 01.02.1904, Warsaw

Topic

Wawer Massacre '39

Date

1939.12.26-1940.01.21

Location

Anin (Warsaw), Poprzeczna II Street 3

Witness

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Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

Zwoleń (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Witness

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Topic

Date

1939.11 - 1942.08.31

Location

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

Witness

-

Topic

Date

1939.09.18 - 1941.07.24

Location

Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Komi Republic (Russia) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp

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Witness

Wiatrak Franciszek 1887?, Suchedniów

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1940-1944

Location

Kielce, "Henryków" factory, Młynarska Street 133 (Mielczarskiego Street) Kielce, forced labor camp "Henryków", Młynarska Street 133 (Mielczarskiego Street)

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Witness

Klemensiewicz Wacław 19.05.1886, Olkusz

Topic

Wawer Massacre '39

Date

1939.10.10-1944.09.15

Location

Anin (Warsaw), Poprzeczna II Street 3 Wawer, Błękitna Street/ Spiżowa Street (Warsaw, Cemetery of People Executed in Wawer on 27 December 1939, 27 Grudnia Street)

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Witness

Wachowski Zygmunt 1891?

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1940-1943.12.03

Location

Kabacki Forest (Warsaw) German extermination camp of Bełżec Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 30 Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie Bełżec, German extermination camp KL Kaiserwald (Latvia) KL Majdanek

Witness

Giżycki Kazimierz 1888

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.12.26-1942.12.21

Location

Kostopol (now in Ukraine) Równe (now in Ukraine), prison, Dworecka Street 116 Lwów (now in Ukraine) Dubno (Ukraine), prison, Matczyńskie Street (Zamkowa Street) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Bukhara (Uzbekistan) Farab (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Piegat Stanisław 26.09.1891

Topic

Wawer Massacre '39

Date

1939.12.26-1940.01

Location

Anin (Warsaw), Poprzeczna II Street 3 Wawer (Warsaw), Widoczna Street 30

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Witness

Podgórski Antoni 10.02.1890

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1939-1944.09.01

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, aleja Szucha 14

Witness

Gazda Antoni 1891

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1939.10.10-1942.12.21

Location

Dubno (Ukraine), prison, Matczyńskie Street (Zamkowa Street) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Ust-Zaruba (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kagan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Gawlik Józef 1919?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1939.10.15-1942.02.21

Location

Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Galiński Jan 1906

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941.09.01

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Karakub (Kalmiuske, Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Gabruk Franciszek

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

Date

1939.10.15-1942.02.21

Location

Krzemieniec (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Sanatorijna Street 1 Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Dymiński Stanisław 1895

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.11.30 - 1942.03.20

Location

Kałusz (Ukraine) Ostrogozhsk (Russia, Voronezh Oblast) Uman (Ukraine) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)