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Witness

Chomentowski Bohdan 08.03.1916, Warsaw

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Sachsenhausen

Date

1940.01-1945.02

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Central Detention Center, Daniłowiczowska Street 7 KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26

Witness

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Topic

Date

1940.03.20-1942.02.10

Location

Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Korzec (now in Ukraine) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Chardzhou (Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

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Topic

Date

1940.06.27-1942.04.14

Location

Juraciszki (Belarus) Inta (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

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Topic

Date

1939.09.18-1941.05.26

Location

Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp

Witness

-

Topic

Date

1940.01.28-1942.02.11

Location

Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress

Witness

-

Topic

Date

1940.06.24-1941.01.28

Location

Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50

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Witness

Goździewska Regina 18.12.1904, Zakroczym

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1943.03.11-1943.04.18

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Gestapo detention center, aleja Szucha 25 Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Warsaw, Kredytowa Street 16 Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie Warsaw, Bracka Street

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Witness

Kleniewski Stanisław 20.11.1901

Topic

Street executions in Warsaw

Date

1940.03.10-1943.11.12

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, Jagiellońska Street Warsaw, Kępna Street

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Witness

Juszczakiewicz Wacław 28.10.1892, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1944.04.23

Location

Ząbki Bukowiec (Legionowo)

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Witness

Świercz Stefania 20.12.1909, Gwarków (Kielce voivodeship)

Topic

Stadion Leśny, Słowik, Herby – execution sites in Kielce

Date

1944-1944

Location

Kielce, the "Leśny" Stadium Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3

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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

Witness

Adamski Antoni 1894?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.05.06 - 1942.02.04

Location

Zaręby Kościelne Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 Krutaya (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Arciszewski Jan 1907, Pińsk

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.12.26 - 1941.11

Location

Soleczniki (Lithuania) Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Samarkand (Uzbekistan) Równe (Ukraine) Jaszuny (Lithuania)

Witness

Aleksiejewicz Józef

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19 - 1943

Location

Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Baranowicze (now in Belarus) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Kyiv (Ukraine) Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp

Witness

Alchimowicz Kazimierz 1906

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19 - 1943.08.26

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tuligłowy (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Pługów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Płotycze (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Badurak Bronisław 1905

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.19 - 1942.01.15

Location

Połąga (now in Lithuania), internee camp Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Margilan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Barbachowski Wladyslaw 1903

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.10 - 1941.08.24

Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Minsk (Belarus) Vitebsk (Belarus), NKVD prison, Surazhska Street (Gagarina Street 2) Magadan (Russia, Magadan Oblast) Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Vladivostok (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Oryol (Russia, Oryol Oblast) Saratov (Russia, Saratov Oblast)

Witness

Baka Jan 1896

Topic

In exile – Vologda Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1941.10.11

Location

Vologda Oblast (Russia)

Witness

Bardas Piotr 1916, Görlitz (Germany)

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1942.03

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Beker Władysław 1911

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.02.28 - 1941.09.12

Location

Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast), NKVD prison, Kommunisticheskaya Street 49 Irkutsk (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast) Vladivostok (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Nakhodka (Russia, Primorsky Krai) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)