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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Location

Verkhnyaya Inta (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic)

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

Date

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Location

Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 Ivdel (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

Witness

Cetkowski Roman

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich – Pomerania

Date

1942-1943

Location

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Witness

Zuiden van Henrietta 21.08.1906

Topic

Deadly medicine – Auschwitz-Birkenau

Date

1943.08.26-1945

Location

KL Sachsenhausen (Germany, Oranienburg) KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, Block 10

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Witness

Bas Ludwik 18.12.1912, Kraków

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German death factory

Date

1940.08.29-1945.01.18

Location

Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp Bydgoszcz German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Ramp III

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Witness

Gitler-Barski Józef 03.03.1898, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw Ghetto – hell in the center of the city

Date

1939.09-1945.04

Location

KL Bergen-Belsen (Germany) Warsaw, Ghetto, Umschlagplatz, Stawki Street 2/6 Warsaw, Ghetto, Leszno Street 2 ("Wigry" Scouting Battalion of the Home Army garden square) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp Warsaw, Ghetto, Ogrodowa Street 29 (Ogrodowa Street 13/29) Warsaw, Rymarska Street Warsaw, Hotel Polski, Długa Street 29 Warsaw, Ghetto, Niska Street/ Zamenhofa Street Warsaw, Ghetto, Muranowska Street 44 (Niska Street 5) Warsaw, Ghetto, Tłomackie Street Warsaw, Ghetto, Twarda Street 27 (ONZ roundabout) Warsaw, Ghetto, Dzika Street 3 (Zamenhofa Street 1) Warsaw, Ghetto, Zamenhofa Street 56 (Niska Street 5) Warsaw, Grajewska Street 2 Warsaw, Ogrodowa Street Vittel (France) Warsaw, Royal Hotel, Chmielna Street 31 Magdeburg (Germany)

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Topic

Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Tarnów Ghetto

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Location

Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), Gestapo headquarters, Urszulańska Street 18

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Topic

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German extermination camp of Bełżec

Witness

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Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Location

Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Święciany, Lithuania

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Witness

Adamczyk Jan 1901?

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1943-1944.11

Location

Złota (district of Pińczów), Chroberskie Forests Żurawniki (Pińczów district), forced labor camp Chroberz Chroberz, forced labor camp Chroberz, cemetery, Staropolska Street

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Witness

Kaczanowski Jan 1913?, Rytwiany

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1943

Location

Rytwiany Staszów (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), Jewish Cemetery, Kościuszki Street Rytwiany, former Camaldolese Monastery

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Witness

Dębski Moszek 1910?, Kielce

Topic

Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Kielce Ghetto

Date

1941-1942.08

Location

Kielce, Ghetto Kielce, Kadzielnia Kielce, Ludwików Steelworks, Zagnańska Street 27 Kielce, the "Hasag-Granat" factory, Karczówkowska Street Kielce, Jewish Cemetery, Pakosz Dolny Street Kielce, Stolarska Street

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Witness

Krawiec Stanisława 1904?, Kielce

Topic

Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Kielce Ghetto

Date

1941-1943

Location

Kielce, Ghetto Kielce, Kadzielnia Kielce, Ludwików Steelworks, Zagnańska Street 27 Kielce, the "Hasag-Granat" factory, Karczówkowska Street Kielce, Jewish Cemetery, Pakosz Dolny Street Kielce, 1 Maja Street

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Jopowicz Mieczysław 1903?, Kielce

Topic

Humiliation, starvation, and death – the Kielce Ghetto

Date

1940.04.01-1942.08.20

Location

Kielce, Kadzielnia Kielce, Ghetto Kielce, Ludwików Steelworks, Zagnańska Street 27 Kielce, the "Hasag-Granat" factory, Karczówkowska Street Kielce, Jewish Cemetery, Pakosz Dolny Street Kielce, 1 Maja Street

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Witness

Jaszczak Wacław 12.09.1907, Wilkucice Duże

Topic

Forced laborers in the Third Reich

Date

1942-1945.05.08

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Odrowąż (Końskie district) Zawada (Brzeziny district), forced labor camp Ujazd (Tomaszów Mazowiecki district) Ujazd (Tomaszów Mazowiecki district), ghetto Radom, train station, Podjazdowa Street (Beliny-Prażmowskiego Street 2)

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Witness

Manber Juliusz 1916?

Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

1940.06.29-1942.02.01

Location

Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) Jaworów (now in Ukraine) Jaworów (Ukraine) Petrovskoye Lake (Russia, Altai Krai)

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Witness

Wiącek Jan

Topic

The Kielce region – the pacification of Polish rural areas

Date

1942-1943

Location

Pod Czarnym Lasem, Czarny Las Street German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Osieczko (Osiek, świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp Strzegom (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) Strzegom (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Pliskowola Sandomierz Osiek (świętokrzyskie voivodeship) Dzięki (now: Wdzięki, Wiązownica-Kolonia) Osieczko Łęg (commune of Osiek) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Witness

Rodak Franciszek 09.10.1919, Warsaw

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of Śródmieście

Date

1944.08.01-1944.08.19

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29 Warsaw, 6 Sierpnia Street (aleja Wyzwolenia) Warsaw, aleja Róż 7 Warsaw, 6 Sierpnia Street (Wyzwolenia Avenue/ Nowowiejska Street) Warsaw, Litewska Street 12 Warsaw, aleja Szucha Warsaw, General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces, aleja Szucha 12/14

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Witness

Drozdowska Eugenia 1910

Topic

Warsaw '44 – the pacification of Śródmieście

Date

1944.08-1944.09.02

Location

Warsaw, Okopowa Street 57 Warsaw, Jewish cemetery, Okopowa Street 49/51 Warsaw, Franciszkańska Street 11

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Sokołowski Stefan Marian 1910?

Topic

Pawiak, Szucha, Gęsiówka – Warsaw death blocks

Date

1939.10-1943.12

Location

Warsaw, Ghetto, Nowolipki Street 29