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Witness

Zdrzalik Józef 1911?

Topic

Firlej near Radom – the training ground of death

Date

1940.01-1945.01

Location

Radom, Public Elementary School no. 18, Ofiar Firleja Street 14 Firlej (Radom), municipal cemetery, Ofiar Firleja Street 45 Wincentów (Radom)

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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)

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Witness

Plewako Kama

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1944

Location

Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Modlin Modlin

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Witness

Perż Andrzej

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.08.27-1940.01.30

Location

Poznań Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kalisz

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Witness

Habera Stanisława 13.04.1917, Miedziana Góra (Kielce district)

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939-1942.08

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison (Castle) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Komi Republic (Russia) Samarkand (Uzbekistan) Łuck (now in Ukraine), prison (Bridgettine Convent), Brygidek Street (Kafedralna Street 16) Guzar (Uzbekistan) Mokwin (now in Ukraine) Farab (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Patelka Marian 12.04.1904, Pawłowice

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18-1943

Location

Złoczów (now in Ukraine) Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), transit camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sosenki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Sapożyn (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Hołownica (now in Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Lwów (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Garniewicz Stanisław 1884

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1939.09.17-1941.12.28

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Białystok, train station, Kolejowa Street 9 Tarnopol (now in Ukraine) Dubno (now in Ukraine) Wilno (now in Lithuania), Railway Directorate, Słowackiego Street 12 (Mindaugo Street 12) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Gwóźdź Wincenty 1895

Topic

In exile – Mari El Republic

Date

1939.09.01 - 1941.04.23

Location

Lwów (now in Ukraine)

Witness

Moshan Marian 1919

Topic

A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

Date

1941.04.18 - 1942.02.23

Location

Oryol (Russia, Oryol Oblast) Nizhny Tagil (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast)

Witness

Powargo Stanisław

Topic

Clandestine teaching – the Nowogródek region

Date

1939.09-1944

Location

Lida (now in Belarus)

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Witness

Fornalak Wacław 1920?

Topic

In exile – Ural

Date

1941.05.05-1942.03.16

Location

Unecha (Russia, Bryansk Oblast) Oryol (Russia, Oryol Oblast) Kamensk-Uralsky (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Chelyabinsk (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Chokpak (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Kaszubski Konstany 1899

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast

Date

1940.04.16-1942.03

Location

Kowel (now in Ukraine), prison, Kolejowa Street (Nezalezhnosti Street) Margilan (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Kaczorowski Stanisław 1915?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.28-1941

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Olesko (Ukraine), forced labor camp for POWs Hoszcza (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Równe (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Zhytomyr (Ukraine)

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Witness

Dudek Eugeniusz

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940.01.08

Location

Równe (Ukraine) Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs

Witness

Mikołajewicz Teodor 1903

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

Date

1939.10.19-1942.04.19

Location

Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 Połock (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Street Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Makowski Wacław 1920?

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941.05.07-1942.03.15

Location

Kyiv (Ukraine) Pryluky (Ukraine) Nizhny Tagil (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

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Witness

Świeżewska Danuta

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940.02.19

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Bukówka (Kielce) Zawiercie Sosnowiec (Śląskie Voivodeship)

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Witness

Górska Irena

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940

Location

Ostashkov (Russia, Tver Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Kobryń (Belarus)

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Witness

Ornatowski Tadeusz Zygmunt 01.12.1910, Krakowiec (Ukraine)

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1945

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Jarosław (podkarpackie voivodeship)

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Witness

Stężewska Maria

Topic

The Katyń Massacre – reclaimed memory

Date

1939.09-1940.03.07

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Warsaw, Ujazdowski Hospital, Jazdów Street 2 Brody (Ukraine) Warsaw, Ratuszowa Street

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