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Witness

Stuhlbach Edward 1910?

Topic

The extermination of Jews under German occupation – Lesser Poland

Date

1939.10-1943.02.22

Location

Kraków, ghetto KL Plaszow

Witness

Czerniak Mieczysław 1906?

Topic

Lebensraum – the Germanization of the Zamość region

Date

1942-1943

Location

Zamość, resettlement camp, Okrzei Street

Witness

Lipczyński Józef

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1939-1945

Location

KL Plaszow Kraków, industrial labor camp "Kabel" (subcamp of KL Płaszów), Prokocimska Street 75 Kraków, industrial labor camp "Kabel" (subcamp of KL Płaszów), Prokocimska Street 75

Witness

Budzioch Mieczysław 1918?

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich

Date

1939-1945

Location

Kraków KL Plaszow Kraków, ghetto

Witness

Lepszy Kazimierz 11.06.1904

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich

Date

1943.04-1943

Location

Kraków, Św. Jana Street

Witness

Dobosz Józef 1897

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

1940.03.16 - 1941.09.22

Location

Czortków (now in Ukraine), prison, Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Kirovohrad (Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kuropyatnikova Street 50 Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Vietlosian (Ukhta, Russia, Komi Republic) Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Pestuch Maksymiljan 1896

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ryazan Oblast

Date

1941.01.10 - 1941.09.10

Location

Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Peszko Stanisław 1898.05.16

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

1940.02.24 - 1942.03.24

Location

Sevurallag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Gródek Jagielloński (Ukraine) Lwów (now in Ukraine), Prison no 2, Zamarstynowska Street 7/9 Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Sevurallag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Dopierała Wincenty 1908

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.24 - 1941.09.14

Location

Olita (Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) Orsha (Belarus) Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Moscow (Russia) Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Babynino (Russia, Kaluga Oblast, Babyninsky District) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) Yaroslavl (Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast) Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Vladimir (Russia, Vladimir Oblast) Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8 Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) Arzamas II (train station, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Arzamassky District) Ruzayevka (Russia, Republic of Mordovia, Ruzayevsky District)

Witness

Petrenczuk Lucjan 1902

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1942.08.28

Location

Sarny (now in Ukraine) Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) Vitiunino (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan) Farab (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Dragun Jerzy 1913

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

1940.12 - 1941.08.26

Location

Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Petri Ernest 1900.02.25

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

1939.09 - 1942.03.28

Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Kirov Street 32 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Farab (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Duda Marceli 1898

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.03.24 - 1941.09.19

Location

Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Rybnica (Russia, Vologda Oblast, Belozersky District) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Piątek Stanisław 1897.04.28

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941.06.14 - 1943

Location

Medvezhyegorsk (Russia, Republic of Karelia) Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Piechowiak Antoni

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18 - 1941.08

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine) Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Mościska (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Babin (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast), POW forced labor camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Dyba Władysław 1904

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.01.20 - 1941.09.02

Location

Skole (Ukraine), Groedel Palace (NKVD headquarters), Knyaz Svyatoslav Street 40 Tukholka (Ukraine, Lviv Oblast, Skole Raion) Stryj (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Trybunalska Street (Ołesnyćkoho Street 4) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Sorokskaja (Belomorsk, Russia, Republic of Karelia)

Witness

Dybowski Stefan

Topic

In exile – Vologda Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1942.01

Location

Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Pielesiak Edward 1903.02.13

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.01 - 1941.08

Location

Skierniewice Kowel (now in Ukraine) Równe (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Dymiński Stanisław 1895

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.11.30 - 1942.03.20

Location

Kałusz (Ukraine) Ostrogozhsk (Russia, Voronezh Oblast) Uman (Ukraine) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Pieniak Franciszek

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.10 - 1941.08.24

Location

Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp