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Witness

Sobociński Adam

Topic

Ostrów Mazowiecka – daily terror

Date

1940.09-1946

Location

Katowice

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Witness

Rodak Stanisław 1921?

Topic

Majdanek – terror and extermination

Date

1941-1944

Location

KL Majdanek Katowice

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Witness

Horowitz Lucjan 14.03.1905, Kraków

Topic

Politics of the master race – institutions, economy, culture

Date

1925-1946.03

Location

Katowice Hajduki Wielkie (Chorzów)

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Witness

Michelke Gustaw 1888?

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1944-1945

Location

KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Katowice

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Witness

Pałysko Jadwiga 14.01.1915, Świętochłowice

Topic

Katowice – daily terror

Date

1944.05-1944.08

Location

Katowice, Gestapo headquarters, Powstańców Street 31

Witness

Warman Maria 1912?

Topic

The extermination of Jews under German occupation – Upper Silesia

Date

1942-1945

Location

Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Katowice

Witness

Migocz Elżbieta 1910?

Topic

The extermination of Jews under German occupation – Upper Silesia

Date

1944.03-1945.05.04

Location

Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship) Mysłowice Katowice

Witness

Jończyk Jan 1890?

Topic

Katowice – daily terror

Date

1939.08-1939.09

Location

Katowice Łysa Góra (Świętokrzyskie Mountains) Wadowice Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship)

Witness

Sztandera Tadeusz

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Upper Silesia

Date

1943.08-1947

Location

Będzin, ghetto Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship) Katowice Dąbrowa Górnicza Gołonóg Mysłowice

Witness

Komusińska Wanda

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Lesser Poland

Date

1942-1949

Location

Tarnów, ghetto Tarnów, Towarowa Street Stryszów Katowice Dąbrówka (Wadowice district)

Witness

Nestrypke Hanna

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Warsaw

Date

1939.09.01-1945

Location

Katowice Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship) KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Pruszków, Dulag 121

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Witness

Bochenek Marta 19.09.1892

Topic

The city condemned to death

Date

1940-1943.12.15

Location

Warsaw, Marszałkowska Street Piotrowice Śląskie (Katowice) Warsaw, Praga Warsaw, Ghetto

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Witness

Stryj Franciszek 1912?

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp

Date

1941-1944.12

Location

Katowice KL Auschwitz I German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp

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Witness

Wieczorek Józef 18.11.1891

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German death factory

Date

1941.10.20-1943.12.17

Location

Katowice KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V

Witness

Jędrzejczak Joanna

Topic

Poles saving Jews – Lesser Poland

Date

1940.05.12-1945.06.28

Location

Białystok KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Dobrzyca (Pleszew district) Lwów (now in Ukraine) Wrocław German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Rawicz, prison, 17 Stycznia Street 28 Katowice Ostrów Wielkopolski Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp

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Witness

Pękalski Tadeusz 22.11.1910, Burkanów (Ukraine)

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08.27-1940.03.20

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Katowice Kyiv (Ukraine)

Witness

Gelernter Matylda 1908, Bolechów (now in Ukraina)

Topic

The extermination of Jews under German occupation – the Stanisławów area

Date

1941.06.22-1941.11.05

Location

Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), Gestapo headquarters, Bilińskiego Street (Sakharov Street) Katowice Kamionka Strumiłowa (Kamionka Bużańska, now in Ukraine) Nadwórna (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Gojny Walter 12.04.1906, Opole

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau – the German factory of death

Date

1940.12.18-1941.01

Location

KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I Katowice KL Auschwitz I, roll call square KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I

Witness

Pająk Wilibald 15.12.1922, Katowice

Topic

Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp

Date

1941.11-1945.04.15

Location

KL Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria) KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall KL Auschwitz I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Zigeunerfamilienlager Katowice KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German extermination camp KL Melk (subcamp of KL Mauthausen-Gusen, Austria) German extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V Katowice, penal-investigative prison, Mikołowska Street 4

Witness

Siwak Halina

Topic

Poles saving Jews – the Lwów region

Date

1941-1989

Location

Lublin Lwów (Ukraine), Mączna Street 38 Lwów (Ukraine), ghetto Katowice Rymanów Ropa (Gorlice district) Saint-Cloud (France) Kraków, Józefitów Street 19b Sławno (Sławno district)