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Witness

Liban Dawid 09.02.1911, Kraków

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1937.11.04-1941.09.23

Location

Rohatyń (Ukraine) Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Żychowski Stanisław 17.11.1903

Topic

Prisoners of war – the Luckenwalde stalag

Date

1939.09.24-1945.04.22

Location

Luckenwalde, Stalag III-A (Germany)

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Witness

Szczęsny Wacław 18.06.1913

Topic

Taken Captive

Date

1939.09.17-1945.01

Location

Klaipėda (Lithuania) Warsaw Włodawa Sosnowiec (śląskie voivodeship), Dulag, 1 Maja Street

Witness

Kotański Janusz

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Lublin region

Date

1939.09.18-1947

Location

Poważe (Łuków) Radzymin Warsaw

Witness

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Topic

Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Tarnów Ghetto

Date

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Location

Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), Gestapo headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18 Tarnów, ghetto Lwów (now in Ukraine) Pustków, forced labor camp

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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

Witness

Łomnicka Anna 1935?

Topic

Disrupted childhood – the Radom region

Date

1939.09.08-1945.05

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

Witness

Pęczkowski Wacław

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Częstochowa region

Date

1941-1945

Location

Częstochowa, Ghetto Częstochowa, Stara Synagoga, Nadrzeczna Street 32 Częstochowa, Mirowska Street Częstochowa, Garncarska Street Częstochowa, Hutników Street 41

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Witness

Góralczyk Tadeusz 31.03.1914, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – pacification of Mokotów

Date

1943- 1945.01

Location

Pruszków Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 3 Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 5 Warsaw, Belgijska Street Warsaw, Puławska Street 49 Warsaw, Puławska Street 51 Warsaw, Corazziego Street (Morskie Oko Street) Piaseczno (Piaseczno county)

Witness

Cichy Wiesław

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1941.03-1944.09

Location

Warsaw, Targowa Street 21 Warsaw Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, City Care and Medical Center, Mehoffera Street 72/74 Warsaw, Hoża Street Warsaw, Targowa Street 15 Warsaw, Skaryszewska Street 8 Warsaw, Krochmalna Street 53

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Witness

Winiarek Henryk 26.07.1906, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of Powiśle and Czerniaków

Date

1944.08.02-1944.09.06

Location

Warsaw, Primary School, Drewniana Street 8 Pruszków, Dulag 121 Warsaw, Wolska Street Warsaw, Primary School, Drewniana Street 8 Warsaw, St. Stanislaus' Church, Bema Street 73/75 Warsaw, Falęcka Street 18 Warsaw, Browarna Street Warsaw, Karowa Street Warsaw, Bednarska Street Warsaw, Trębacka Street Warsaw, Wierzbowa Street Warsaw, Senatorska Street Warsaw, Żelaznej Bramy Square/ Ptasia Street Warsaw, Elektoralna Street Warsaw, Ptasia Street/ Żelaznej Bramy Square Warsaw, Chłodna Street

Witness

Koźmiński Jerzy 31.08.1924

Topic

The Polish Righteous Among the Nations

Date

1941.12-1947

Location

Żyrardów Warsaw, Tucholska Street 30 Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Ghetto, Umschlagplatz, Stawki Street 2/6 Warsaw, ghetto, Umschlagplatz, Stawki Street 2/6 Warsaw, Leszno Street Warsaw, Waliców Street Warsaw, Płocka Street Żyrardów Warsaw, Stalowa Street Otwock Warsaw, Hoża Street 38 Mödling (Austria) Wawer (Warsaw), Błękitna Street 15 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Koluszki

Witness

Korcz Józef

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1940.09-1945

Location

Teklin (Otwock) Otwock Warsaw Otwock, ghetto

Witness

Misiewicz Andrzej

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1943-1945

Location

Radom, forced labor camp, Szkolna Street (Poznańska Street) Radom, Ghetto Glinice Radom, Ghetto Śródmieście Radom, forced labor camp, Szwarlikowskiego Street Leżajsk Sopot Tel-Aviv (Israel)

Witness

Schmid Barbara listopad 1942, Mińsk Mazowiecki

Topic

The efforts of the Catholic Church to aid Jews

Date

1942.11-1945

Location

Mińsk Mazowiecki, ghetto Warsaw, Father Boduen House, Nowogrodzka Street 75 Warsaw, Father Boduen Children's Home, Nowogrodzka Street 75 Warsaw, Targowa Street 64

Witness

Wolter Władysław 05.02.1897, Kraków

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939.09.31-1945.01

Location

Kraków, Montelupich Prison, Montelupich Street 7 KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Czerniaków Felicja 01.06.1883, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1939.09.09-1944

Location

Warsaw, Bukowińska Street 28 Warsaw, Ghetto, Chłodna Street 24 (Chłodna Street 22) Warsaw, Kriminalpolizei Station, Aleje Ujazdowskie 7/9 Warsaw, Ghetto, Orthodox Jewish Hospital, Leszno Street 1 (aleja Solidarności 81)

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Witness

Wiśniewski Henryk 27.09.1914, Wilanów (Warsaw)

Topic

Executions in Mazovia

Date

1942.03-1945

Location

Wilanów (Warsaw) Warsaw, Marszałkowska Street Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanowskie Lake Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanów Estates Warsaw, Dworkowa Street 3 Wilanów (Warsaw), Wilanów 44

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Witness

Hałko Lech

Topic

The Polish Underground State and its bid to help Jews

Date

1942-1944

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto Warsaw, Bonifraterska Street Warsaw, Ujazdowski Park

Witness

Hrad-Głowacka Zofia

Topic

Date

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Location

German extermination camp of Bełżec KL Plaszow Myślenice