Poland | Memory of Nations

Contemporary witnesses from Poland

Czesława Smołka

Czesława Smołka

* 1932

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alexander Sola in the 1970s.

Aleksander Sola

* 1932

Poland, Holocaust

Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Helena Spandel - the photograph from the period of youth

Helena Spandel

* 1928

Poland

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Rosemarie Bensch around 1951

Rosemarie Špeldová

* 1934

Refugee, Poland, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vanda Špinková, 1953

Vanda Špinková

* 1935

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Maria Stasz

Maria Stasz

* 1924

Poland, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Aniela Stojanowska portret.JPG (historic)

Aniela Stojanowska

* 1926 †︎ 2011

Poland

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

Renata Straková

* 1959

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Stefan Supranowicz

Stefan Supranowicz

* 1920

Poland, National minorities, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands)

Tomasz Surowiec

Tomasz Surowiec

* 1949 †︎ 2016

Poland, Anti-communist rebel

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

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