Poland | Memory of Nations

Contemporary witnesses from Poland

Brygida Wornowska

* 1946

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Henryk Wrona during the interview in May 2021

Colonel Henryk Wrona

* 1945

Poland, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Elżbieta Wrzosek

Elżbieta Wrzosek

* 1930

Poland, People helping Jews during WWII, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956

Renate (Renata) Zajączkowska

Renate (Renata) Zajączkowska

* 1931

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Young Krystyna Zangová

Krystyna Zangová

* 1951

Poland, National minorities, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zięba_Maciej.JPG (historic)

Maciej Zięba

* 1954

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Bogusław Ziobrowski

Bogusław Ziobrowski

* 1957

Poland, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

Witness Ryszard Zwiewka during eyd recording in 2023

Ryszard Zwiewka

* 1950

Poland, National minorities

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Łach Władysława, 2025

Władysława Łach

* 1946

Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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