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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

Kiełsa Kazimierz

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Podlasie region

Date

1939-1944

Location

Pietkowo German extermination camp of Treblinka Białystok, Ghetto Skarżysko-Kamienna Grochy (podlaskie voivodeship) Białystok, ghetto

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

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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

Witness

Hrad-Głowacka Zofia

Topic

Date

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Location

German extermination camp of Bełżec KL Plaszow Myślenice

Witness

Holender H.

Topic

Date

1942.06-1945

Location

German extermination camp of Bełżec Kraków, ghetto Wieliczka German extermination camp of Treblinka Skawina

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

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Witness

Broel-Plater (Skassa) Maria 18.12.1913, Warsaw

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1941.06.13-1945.04.28

Location

KL Ravensbrück (Germany) Odrowąż (Końskie district) Terespol (Biała Podlaska district) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Biała Podlaska, Łomaska Street 21 Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2)

Witness

Piasecka-Karolewska Helena 1915

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1941.02.13-1945.04.28

Location

KL Ravensbrück (Germany) Lublin, Królewska Street 10 Lublin, Lublin Castle, Zamkowa Street 9

Witness

Stępień Zofia 1923?

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – the Kielce region

Date

1941.06-1945.05

Location

Bosowice Busko-Zdrój

Witness

Pietrzak (Skibińska) Maria Halina 05.08.1912, Mircze

Topic

Mass extermination – KL Ravensbrück

Date

1941.04.16-1945.04.28

Location

KL Ravensbrück (Germany) Zamość Tomaszów Lubelski Lublin, Lublin Castle, Zamkowa Street 9

Witness

Michalczak Janusz

Topic

The Polish Underground State and its bid to help Jews

Date

1942-1945

Location

Kraków, Zakątek Street Michniów Warsaw Jelenia Góra Dzierążnia Huta Pieniacka (Ukraine) Radzymin Stalingrad (Volgograd, Russia) Łańcut Kraków, Wielicka Street German extermination camp of Bełżec Kraków, Zyblikiewicza Street Krasne Potockie Nowy Sącz, ghetto, Lwowska Street Kraków, ghetto

Witness

Chabros Józef 1910.02.26

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Volodymyr-Volynskyi Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Zaporizhia (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Komi Republic (Russia) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Filipiński Tomasz

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs