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Witness

Paszkiewicz Jan 13.06.1912

Topic

In exile – Kostroma Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.01.30

Location

Darovatka (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Anonymous

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1941.10.28-1942.05.22

Location

Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp

Witness

Metelicki Jan 1898?

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1940.03.22-1941.09.07

Location

Augustów (podlaskie voivodeship), seat of the Water Management Board, 29 listopada Street 5 Vitebsk (Belarus), NKVD prison, Surażska Street (Gagarina Street 2) Vitebsk (Belarus), NKVD prison, Surazhska Street (Gagarina Street 2) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)

Witness

Lipski Jan

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09-1940.11

Location

Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Marhanets (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Komar Franciszek 1911?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1941.08.14

Location

Łuck (now in Ukraine) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Witness

Czerniawski Michał 1922?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.05.11-1941.09.26

Location

Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Minsk (Belarus) Kirov (Russia, Kirov Oblast) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Lida (now in Belarus)

Witness

Gochmański Andrzej

Topic

In exile – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Date

1940.02.18-1941.10

Location

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia, Gorky Oblast) Farab (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Richert Waldemar 1910?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.11.19-1942.03.27

Location

Nadwórna (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Shevchenko Maidan Street 43 Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Odessa (Ukraine) Sangorodok (Russia, Komi Republic) Urgench (Uzbekistan) Farab (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Łukaszewski Antoni

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.06.22-1941.09.18

Location

Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Równe (Ukraine) Kostopol (now in Ukraine) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Penza (Russia, Penza Oblast)

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Witness

Lis Jerzy 1923

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940-04-13-1943

Location

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Witness

Zawadzki Michał 1909

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

1939.09.30-1942.03

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Odessa (Ukraine), NKVD prison, Lustdorfskaya Doroga 9 Samarlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) Chokpak (Kazakhstan) Gavrilova Polyana (Russia, Samara Oblast)

Witness

Rysak Tadeusz 1911?

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09-1941.07

Location

Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Yuzhlag (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast) Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Zięba Andrzej

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

1940.03.18-1942.02.09

Location

Równe (Ukraine), prison, 3 Maja Street (Soborna Street 16) Równe (Ukraine) Dubno (Ukraine), prison, Matczyńskie Street (Zamkowa Street) Równe (now in Ukraine), prison, Dworecka Street 116 Starobilsk (Ukraine) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Sanoszczuk Kazimierz 1922?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Povolzhye (Volga Region)

Date

1940.06.18-1941.09.10

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine) Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast)

Witness

Baranowski Julian 1902

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22 - 1941.08.24

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tuligłowy (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 Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Mendakiewicz Maksymilian 1914

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.27 - 1941.08.20

Location

Grabowiec (Zamość district) Hrubieszów Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, Ukraine), transit camp Kowel (now in Ukraine) Zdołbunów (now in Ukraine) Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Ponikwa (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Podhorce (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Kamionka Las (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Podwołoczyska (Ukraine) Winnica (now in Ukraine) Poltava (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Witness

Romanowski Jerzy 1922?

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941.05.20-1942.02.02

Location

Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) Tobolsk (Russia, Tyumen Oblast), NKVD prison (prison castle), Red Square 5

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Witness

Krysztopowicz Konstanty 1920

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.18-1941.09.16

Location

Grodno (now in Belarus) Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Witness

Czaporowski Lucjan 13.12.1904

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.09.18-1943.03.02

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Kyiv (Ukraine) Równe (now in Ukraine), prison, Dworecka Street 116 Kharkiv (Ukraine) Dubno (now in Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Draws Leon 1908

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.27 - 1942.07.28

Location

Grabowiec (Zamość district) Hrubieszów Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, Ukraine), transit camp Brody (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Mościska (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Zieleńce (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Volochysk (Ukraine), transit camp Podwołoczyska (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)