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Witness

Samek Bolesław 1911?, Potok Wielki (świętokrzyskie voivodeship)

Topic

Prisoners of war – transit camps in Kielce

Date

1939-1940

Location

Kielce, Kraków Bishops' Palace, Zamkowy Square

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Witness

Gliniany Mikołaj

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1939.09.28-1942

Location

Görken (Dubrovka, Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast), Stalag I A Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Grajewo Augustów Grodno (now in Belarus)

Witness

"Bartosz"

Topic

Ostrów Mazowiecka – daily terror

Date

1939-1944

Location

Ostrów Mazowiecka Warsaw Chełm

Witness

Gamm Rudolf 28.10.1884; Gdańsk

Topic

Poles, Kashubs and Germans – the situation before the genocide

Date

1931-1940.09

Location

Gdańsk

Witness

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Topic

Gdańsk – daily terror

Date

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Location

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Witness

Klahr Jerzy

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.09.17-1943

Location

Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Kharkiv (Ukraine) Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street)

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Witness

Baranowski Maksymilian

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19-1941.08

Location

Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Tłumacz (now in Ukraine) Horodenka (now in Ukraine) Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Chacuk Michał 07.09.1923, Starzynki

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941.07.20

Location

Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Kovrov (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Chojecki Roman 04.08.1897

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1944

Location

Warsaw, Council of Ministers Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 46/48 Siedlce Warsaw, Rakowiecka Street 6 Warsaw, Rakowiecka Street 8 Warsaw, Litewska Street 10 Warsaw, Koszykowa Street 45 Warsaw, Rakowiecka Street 6/8 Kraków

Witness

Pawlukowski Piotr

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19-1941.09.25

Location

Winnica (now in Ukraine) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Gwozdów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Witness

Stochmal

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

24.09.1939-1940.02.26

Location

Kołomyja (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, aleja Wolności (Lesi Ukrainki Street 32) Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Worochta (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Jankowski Wacław

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1939.09.25-1943

Location

Minsk (Belarus) Brześć (Belarus), Unii Lubelskiej Street (Lenina Street) Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Tyva (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Bezruczko Jan 1899, Lachowce (now in Ukraine)

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1942.08

Location

Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Wieniawka (Hrubieszów district) Komi Republic (Russia) Vyazniki (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) Podwołoczyska (now in Ukraine), train station Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), train station

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Witness

Rawski Julian 1909?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.20-1943

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Łuck (now in Ukraine) Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Patelczyk Franciszek 22.12.1905 ???

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1943

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Tarnopol (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Płotycze (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs

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Witness

Jerszow Antoni

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.23-1941.08.31

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Werba Dubieńska (Ukraine) Kowel (now in Ukraine) Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Zborów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs

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Witness

Ejsmont Wacław 10.08.1914, Szejbaki (now in Belarus)

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.26-1941.09.01

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine), train station Komi Republic (Russia) Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Chortomlyk (Ukraine), train station Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Kyiv (Ukraine)

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Witness

Dykas Wawrzyniec 1900?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.27-1941.09

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Łuck (now in Ukraine) Teofipol (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Cyran Tadeusz

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.28-1941.03.23

Location

Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine) Warkowicze (Ukraine) Mołodawo III (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Świętosław (Ukraine, Lviv Oblast)

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Witness

Bowsza Stanisław 10.03.1904

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.08.29-1941.08.25

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Republic of Karelia (Russia) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs