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Witness

Batura Józef 1916

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.09.19-1942.02.19

Location

Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street Ruda (now in Belarus, Brest Oblast) Vitebsk (Belarus) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Witness

Rek Bronisław 1906?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.09-1941.09.02

Location

Kalvarija (Lithuania), internment camp Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

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Witness

Rajchel Anna 24.12.1920, Przysietnica (now in Ukraine)

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1941.11

Location

Lupya (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Ostapiński Albin 1917

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.02.13-1942.03

Location

Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Zaleszczyki (now in Ukraine) Zaleszczyki (Ukraine) Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Chernihiv (Ukraine) Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) Qo‘ng‘irot (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Ostrowska Aniela 28.08.1908

Topic

In exile – Ural

Date

1940.02.10-1942.07.06

Location

Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) Stryj (now in Ukraine) Tehran (Iran) Proletarye (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

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Witness

Korol Józefa 13.04.1923

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.03.08

Location

Shenchuga (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Rozen Marian

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Karelia

Date

1939.09-1943?

Location

Soroklag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Orańczyce (now in Belarus)

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Witness

Ordzińska Jadwiga

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.02.01-1942.06.09

Location

Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan) Polovnikovka (Kazakhstan) Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Kostanay (Kazakhstan) Tehran (Iran) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Olszówka Erwin 24.09.1916, Chorzów

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1940.06.25-1945.01.20

Location

Bydgoszcz KL Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

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Topic

Poles saving Jews – Lesser Poland

Date

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Location

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Witness

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Topic

Mass extermination – KL Plaszow

Date

1940-1944

Location

Starachowice Kraków, Montelupich Prison, Montelupich Street 7

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Witness

Ołownia Mieczysław 1902, Brzeście (Skarżysko Kamienna county)

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1940.06.29-1944.06.30

Location

Brzeście (district of Skarżysko-Kamienna) Brzask (Zagórze, commune of Bliżyn)

Witness

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Topic

Dispersed terror – the KL Plaszow branch in Mielec

Date

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Location

KL Plaszow

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Witness

Gross Stanisław 1913?, Sanniki (mazowieckie voivodeship)

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1939.09-1945.01.15

Location

Kielce, the Prison on Castle Hill, Zamkowa Street 3 Kielce, the "Hasag-Granat" factory, Karczówkowska Street Kielce, Ludwików Steelworks, Zagnańska Street 27 Domanowice

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Witness

Bazylewska Ludwika

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1940-1944.11

Location

Kielce, municipal jail, Zamkowa Street 7

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Witness

Bazylewska Ludwika

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1940.02.12-1941.04.01

Location

Kielce, Ghetto Kielce, school, św. Aleksandra Street 26

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Witness

Saltarski Stefan 1913, Czarkowy

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1939-1941.04

Location

Kielce, Workmens' Cultural Center, 3 Maja Street (Ściegiennego Street 2)

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Witness

Odrobiński Piotr 1878?, Lgota Wielka (małopolskie voivodeship)

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1939-1942.09

Location

Kielce, Workmens' Cultural Center, 3 Maja Street (Ściegiennego Street 2)

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Witness

Staszewski Jan 1885?, Mniowice

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1939-1941.04

Location

Kielce, Workmens' Cultural Center, 3 Maja Street (Ściegiennego Street 2)

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Witness

Szymczyk Stefania 1911, Migasy

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

1940-1941.04

Location

Kielce, Workmens' Cultural Center, 3 Maja Street (Ściegiennego Street 2)