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Witness

Rajchstain Michał 1897?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1941.11-1944.06

Location

Warsaw Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Skarżysko-Kamienna, forced labor camp "Hasag", Legionów Street 122 German extermination camp of Treblinka Końskie, ghetto Kielce Radomsko Kraków Skarżysko-Kamienna Szydłowiec (Szydłowiec district) Sandomierz KL Buchenwald (Germany)

Witness

Cecot Katarzyna 28.09.1892, Chałupki

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1942.02-1945.01

Location

Chmielnik (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Jarząbki (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Busko-Zdrój

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Witness

Kalata Mieczysław 12.09.1905, Warsaw

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich

Date

1939-1942.11.01

Location

Warsaw, Labor Office (Arbeitsamt), Kredytowa Street 1

Witness

Ćwik Stanisław 1920?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943.06-1944.11

Location

Złota (district of Pińczów) Bejsce Busko-Zdrój Jurków (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Miernów Sokolina Pełczyska (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Olbrych

Witness

Malesa Gustaw 04.04.1924, Olesin (Mińsk Mazowiecki county)

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1941-1943.05.13

Location

Cezarów

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Witness

Zaran Władysław 31.07.1895, Ponurzyca

Topic

Warsaw death ring – mass executions

Date

1941.03-1943.07

Location

Kabacki Forest (Warsaw)

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Witness

Gelbkron Moszek (Maciejuk Józef) 1903?

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1940.10-1943.05

Location

Warsaw, Jewish cemetery, Okopowa Street 49/51 Warsaw, Gęsiówka prison, Gęsia Street (Anielewicza Street)/ Zamenhofa Street Warsaw, Karolkowa Street Warsaw, Skra Warszawa stadium, Okopowa Street 43/47 Warsaw, Muranowska Street Warsaw, Pawiak prison, Dzielna Street 24/26 Warsaw, Orla Street 6 Warsaw, Zamenhofa Street 12

Witness

Piotrkowicz Kazimierz 31.12.1920, Olesin (Mińsk Mazowiecki county)

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1941-1943.05.10

Location

Cezarów

Witness

Piwko Zofia 08.03.1912, Sterdyń

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Mazovian region

Date

1943.02.21-1944.08

Location

Paulinów (mazowieckie voivodenship) Sterdyń

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Witness

Wolny Stefan 30.10.1903, Kamieńskie (now: Ukraine)

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp

Date

1941.11.19-1944.07

Location

KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bauhof KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Canada" KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Ramp III KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship) Będzin

Witness

Ślusarek Czesław 1911

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941

Location

Monasterzyska (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Tobacco Factory), Szewczenka Street 15 Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Stary Jaryczów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kupcze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kurowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Smaczny Edward 1924?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941.09.03

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Warkowicze (Ukraine) Ostra Góra (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Mościska (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Czerlany (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Stępień Stanisław

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09-1941

Location

Chełm Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Ostra Góra (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Zastawie (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Sarny (now in Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Witness

Stokowski Janusz Maciej 1925

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1939.09.25-1942.03.23

Location

Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Oblast Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Orłowski Jan 1919?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.09-1942.06.29

Location

Jeziory (Belarus) Nieskórz Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Małkinia Vorkuta (Russia, Komi Republic) Szepetówka (Ukraine)

Witness

Andrzejewski Teodor 1904?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.25-1941

Location

Zamość Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Podliski Małe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kurowice (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Żydatycze (Hamaliyivka, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Hermanów (Tarasiwka, now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kamionka Strumiłowa (Kamionka Bużańska, now in Ukraine) Rawa Ruska (now in Ukraine) Barszczowice (now in Ukraine), train station Jarosław (podkarpackie voivodeship)

Witness

Gulina Mieczysław

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.09.24

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine) Żydatycze (Hamaliyivka, Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Cwirko-Gudycki Ludwik 1891

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19-1942.01.10

Location

Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258

Witness

Gutowski Stanisław 1896

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.09.05

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Warkowicze (Ukraine) Młodawa (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Tarnopol (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Romanówka (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs