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Witness

Sulej Piotr 1910?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.22-1941

Location

Warsaw Dęblin Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, Ukraine), transit camp Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Warkowicze (Ukraine) Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Angielówka (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Świętochowski Jerzy 22.05.1923, Katowice

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1939.09-1942

Location

Vtoraya Piatiletka (Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Region) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Słupski Wiesław 1924?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1941.08.25

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Mendyk Feliks

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1940.07.12 - 1941.08.24

Location

Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

Witness

Windyga Czesław 1906.12.25

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.08.30 - 1941.08.25

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Olita (Lithuania), internee camp Kaunas (Lithuania) Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Władyka Michał 1911

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.12.04 - 1941.08.17

Location

Zborów (Ukraine) Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Walkowski Jakub 1898

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.23 - 1941.09.02

Location

Ukmergė (Lithuania), internee camp Wojtkuszki (Lithuania), internment camp Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Walsztyniak Michał 1897

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.20 - 1941.08.20

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Podliski Małe (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

Szulewicz Jan 1924

Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

1940.04.13 - 1942.03.07

Location

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Witness

Eilsztein Dawid 1909

Topic

In exile – Far East

Date

1940.04-1942.03.12

Location

Białystok Turkistan (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Bukiewicz Marian

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.24-1941.08.24

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Lwów (now in Ukraine) Podhorce (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Rodatycze (now in Ukraine), transit camp Janów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Skniłów (now in Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

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Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

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Location

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Witness

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Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

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Location

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Witness

Grech Michał 1903

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Siberia

Date

1940.02.10-1942.05.28

Location

Stryj (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Trybunalska Street (Ołesnyćkoho Street 4) Kraslag (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Ayagoz (Kazakhstan) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Farab (Otrar, Kazakhstan) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Nasuto Halina 23.09.1920

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04.13 - 1942.03.23

Location

Białystok Sovkhoz no. 499 (Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Oblast) Chokpak (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Rewranz Emil

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Olita (Lithuania), internee camp Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

Witness

Wójcik Jan 1898.05.28

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

1939.09.22 - 1941.08.24

Location

Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

Witness

Byczkowski Wiktor 1896?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17 - 1941.09

Location

Ostróg (now in Ukraine) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro, Ukraine) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Kozelschyna (Ukraine, Poltava Oblast), transit camp Ivanovo (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Kurlawski Marian 19.02.1908

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.01.03-1941.10.23

Location

Włodawa Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Grodno (Belarus), NKVD remand center (Magistrat), Magistracka Street (Sovetskaya Street 8) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tobys (Russia, Komi Republic)

Witness

Matwiejczyk Aleksander 1913?

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1940.02.04-1941.10

Location

Brześć (now in Belarus) Homel (Belarus) Kuybyshev (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) Bezymyanlag (Russia, Samara Oblast) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)