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Witness

Pantofel Abram 30.12.1912, Częstochowa

Topic

The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Częstochowa Ghetto

Date

1939-1945

Location

Częstochowa, Garibaldiego Street Częstochowa, forced labor camp "Hasag Pelcery", 1 Maja Street (Filomatów Street 14)

Witness

Cwek Zygmunt

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

1939-1943

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19

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Witness

Kuczkowski Ludwik

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939-1941

Location

Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Kłódka (now in Ukraine) Skole (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) Naryan-Mar (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Abez (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Piekart Barbara 1911

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

1939-1942.08.06

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) Baranowicze (now in Belarus) Minsk (Belarus) Moscow (Russia) Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast), NKVD prison, Kommunisticheskaya Street 49 Temirtau (Russia, Kemerovo Oblast) Gorshorlag (Russia, Kemerovo Oblast)

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Witness

Sadzikowska Janina 10.09.1927, Łódź

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German death factory

Date

1939-1944

Location

Radogoszcz (Łódź), extended police prison, Zgierska Street 147 Łódź, Buhle's Factory, Hipoteczna Street 5/7 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Döllstädt (Germany) Metz (France)

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Witness

Płoski Stanisław 04.12.1899, Briańsk (Russia)

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1939-1945

Location

Warsaw

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Witness

Weichert Michał 05.05.1890, Stare Miasto (now in Ukraine)

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1939.09.02-1943.11

Location

German extermination camp of Treblinka Treblinka, German extermination camp Warsaw, Ghetto Łęczna, forced labor camp Końskowola, forced labor camp Skarżysko-Kamienna Treblinka, German extermination camp

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Witness

Penson Jakub 23.04.1899, Płock

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1939-1942.07

Location

Warsaw, Orla Street Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Nalewki Street 9

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Witness

Tłuszczyńska Maria 1920?, Sobków

Topic

Stadion Leśny, Słowik, Herby – execution sites in Kielce

Date

1939-1945

Location

Kielce, the "Leśny" Stadium

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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

Bodych Jadwiga Urszula 19.09.1906, Żyrardów

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1939-1945

Location

Sękociński Forest Ursus, Ursus factory, Marsa Street (Warsaw, Traktorzystów Street) Pruszków, Dulag 121

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Witness

Olton Marianna Halina 23.05.1928, Brzózka (Mazowieckie voivodeship)

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Ostrów region

Date

1939 - 1945

Location

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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

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Topic

Date

1939-1942

Location

Komi Republic (Russia)

Witness

Eichel Wincenty 1911

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939-1942.02

Location

Sieniawa (Przeworsk district) Przemyśl, prison, Rokitniańska Street 1 Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 Omsk (Russia, Omsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) Qo‘ng‘irot (Uzbekistan)

Witness

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Topic

Date

1939-1945

Location

Zamość, resettlement camp, Okrzei Street Janowice (Zamość)

Witness

Rafinski Aleksander

Topic

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp

Witness

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Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

Ochotniczka opisuje politykę władz sowieckich po wkroczeniu Armii Czerwonej w 1939 roku do Polski.

Location

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