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Witness

Latwis Józef 1911?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.23-1942

Location

Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Tomaszgród (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Hołownica (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

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Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Ponikwa (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zieleńce (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Teofipol (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Chełm Winnica (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Jan Chwastek 1900.01.06

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

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Location

Plesetsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Bukhara (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Zepp Zygmunt 1904

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Radziwiłłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Janów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Kiev (Ukraine)

Witness

Michalski Władysław 1899

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Filipowicze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sosenki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tuligłowy (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Witness

Kupiszewska Jadwiga

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

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Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Podwołoczyska (Ukraine) Żółkiew (Ukraine) Kyiv (Ukraine) Bryansk (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) Moscow (Russia) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Terespol (Biała Podlaska district) Brześć (now in Belarus)

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Witness

Miżołębska Zofia

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08-1943.05.29

Location

Chełm Równe (Ukraine) Lublin Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn)

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Witness

Działak Hanna

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1943.06.28

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Warsaw, All Saints' Church, Grzybowski Square 3/5

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Witness

Michalski Zbigniew

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1946

Location

Grodno (now in Belarus)

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Witness

Prokop-Nowak Maria

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08-1944

Location

Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Bigach (Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Oblast), Comintern Sovkhoz Lwów (now in Ukraine)

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Witness

Bulska

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09.18-1946.04

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Kostopol (now in Ukraine)

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Witness

Hejnowicz Halina

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09.03-1945

Location

Warsaw Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs KL Stutthof

Witness

Wcześniak Jakub 1911?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1939.09.07-1939.09.07

Location

Pińczów Brzeście (district of Pińczów) Chroberz Skowronno Górne Skowronno Dolne Pasturka

Witness

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Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

-

Location

Turkistan (Kazakhstan) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Yangiyul (Yangiyo‘l, Uzbekistan) Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan)

Witness

Dziurżyński Józef 1898?

Topic

Michniów – the extermination of the Polish countryside

Date

1940-1943.07

Location

Michniów Poznań Kraków

Witness

Ostachowski Bogdan 1925?, Wilno (now in Lithuania)

Topic

Michniów – the annihilation of Polish villages

Date

1940-1943.07.13

Location

Michniów Warsaw Suchedniów Bodzentyn

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Witness

Kobylińska Maria

Topic

A shattered childhood – the Lublin region

Date

1939.09-1945.05

Location

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Witness

Nowiński

Topic

The Pomerania region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

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Location

Kościerzyna

Witness

Bonna Piotr 1887?

Topic

Date

1939.09.01-1945.05.09

Location

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Witness

Stąpor Jacenty 1877?, Niestachów

Topic

Kielce - everyday terror

Date

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Location

Kielce, the "Hasag-Granat" factory, Karczówkowska Street