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Witness

Kisiel Aleksander 31.12.1913, Wilno (now in Lithuania)

Topic

The persecuted church

Date

1944.08.02-1944.08.05

Location

Warsaw, Jesuit Monastery, Rakowiecka Street 61

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Witness

Marczak vel Marczyńska Józefa 04.11.1897, Warsaw

Topic

Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

1944.08.05-1944.08.06

Location

Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street 4 Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street 8 Warsaw, Sowiński Park Warsaw, Ordona Street Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street 1/3 Warsaw, St. Lawrence's church, Wolska Street 140A Pruszków, Dulag 121 Warsaw, Skierniewicka Street 34

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Witness

Bassalik Kazimierz 12.06.1879, Brzezie (Pleszew county)

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1944.09.01

Location

Warsaw, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 26/28

Witness

Borycki Marian 1915?

Topic

Their lives forfeit – the underground movement in the Świętokrzyskie region

Date

1943.06.03-1944

Location

Kozubów (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Bugaj (district of Pińczów) Lipówka (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Sancygniów Sadki (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Knyszyn (Wola Knyszyńska)

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Witness

Piórkowski Wacław 25.09.1912, Warsaw

Topic

Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

1944.08.01-1944.08.07

Location

Warsaw, Wolska Street 129 Warsaw, Orthodox cemetery, Wolska Street 138/140 Warsaw, St. Lawrence's church, Wolska Street 140A Warsaw, Wolska Street 151 Warsaw, Wolska Street 153 Warsaw, Dobrolin factory, Wolska Street 157/159 Warsaw, Wolska Street 165 Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street Warsaw, Grabowska Street Warsaw, Wolska Street 100 Warsaw, Wolska Street 112 Warsaw, "Moc" Machine Factory, Wolska Street 121 Warsaw, Wolska Street 147 Warsaw, Bema Street Warsaw, Jana Kazimierza Street Warsaw, Gizów Street Warsaw, Chłodna Street Warsaw, Żelazna Street

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Witness

Gruszka Janina Wanda 29.11.1905; Grabowiec (Zamość county)

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1940.04-1940.10.28

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26

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Witness

Matuszczak Maria

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1943.12.09-1944.01.06

Location

Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Ghetto

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Witness

Dzierżawska Maria 14.09.1902, Mroczki

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1943.11.05-1944.01

Location

Warsaw, Owsiana Street 12 Warsaw, Kępna Street Warsaw, Warecka Street Warsaw, Targowa Street 19

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Witness

Rajzman Samuel 1902, Węgrów

Topic

Treblinka – extermination camp

Date

1942.09.27-1943.08.02

Location

Treblinka, German extermination camp German extermination camp of Treblinka Warsaw, Ghetto, Többens' shop, Prosta Street

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Witness

Strzębała Salomea (Antonina) 17.10.1902

Topic

Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

1944.08.01-1944.08.06

Location

Warsaw, St. Lazarus' Hospital, Leszno Street 127 (Leszno Street 15) Warsaw, St. Stanislaus' Hospital, Wolska Street 37 Warsaw, Karolkowa Street

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Witness

Stanberg Edmund 15.07.1896

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1943.01.18-1945.01.17

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto German extermination camp of Treblinka Włochy (Warsaw) Treblinka, German extermination camp Warsaw, Muranowska Street 42 Łochów Skarżysko-Kamienna Treblinka, German extermination camp

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Witness

Popowski Jan 1888

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.10

Location

Lednia (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Lampe Wiktor 10.03.1875, Warsaw

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.09-1944.10

Location

Warsaw, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 26/28 Warsaw, Oczki Street 3 Warsaw, Wawelska Street 17

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Witness

Borasińska Jadwiga 06.07.1925 Sutkowszczyzna (now: Ukraine)

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.04.03

Location

Guzar (Uzbekistan) Vostochnoye (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Czerny Władysław 06.05.1899, Kraków

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1940.02-1944.08

Location

Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie Warsaw Warsaw, Nowy Świat Street Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street Warsaw, Żoliborz Warsaw, Piłsudskiego Square Warsaw, Daniłowiczowska Street Warsaw, Royal Castle Warsaw, Royal Castle, Zamkowy Square 4

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Witness

Romaniszyn Bronisław 13.06.1885, Lwów (now in Ukraine)

Topic

The Przyrów massacre

Date

1944.09.15-1945.01.10

Location

Przyrów Koniecpol Warsaw, Wilanowska Street 5 Pruszków, Dulag 121

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Witness

Osiński Józef 13.03.1898, Święcice (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Topic

Wola '44 – genocide in Warsaw

Date

1944.08.05-1944.08.06

Location

Warsaw, Wolska Street 122/124 Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street 1/3 or Wolska Street 132 Warsaw, Wolska Street 115 Warsaw, Wolska Street 117 Warsaw, Wolska Street 119 Warsaw, Wolska Street 123 Warsaw, Wolska Street 126 Warsaw, Elekcyjna Street Warsaw, Wolska Street 114