Sala Świadectw

Jan describes how he and his brother Tomasz kept up their health in Turkmenistan by catching and eating turtles.

Jan describes how they managed to sneak loaves of bread after his brother is assigned to a delivery job during forced labour in the USSR.

Jan describes his sister dying on the sledge on the way to the Russian camp.

Jan describes seeing dead Polish soldiers in the open carriages after the train stopped during deportation.

Jan describes the Soviet soldiers smashing up pictures of Saints on the morning of deportation.

Bernadette describes living under Soviet reoccupation and the return of her father.

Bernadette describes their journey back to their town after the Soviet reoccupation and their encounters with some of the Soviet soldiers along the way.

Bernadette describes the reoccupation and the night that they were hiding in a house in the forest as the Soviets fought the Germans, with Soviet patrols moving in and shooting …

Bernadette retells how a Polish man from the town was taken by the Germans and drowned during the German occupation.

Bernadette describes how the Polish girls had to step onto the road when passing German girls during the German occupation of Poland.

Wanda describes getting into trouble with the SS during the German occupation and being lucky enough to be released.

Wanda describes the Germans banning Polish and burning books/documentation during the German occupation.

Wanda describes travelling across Germany to the British Zone following the Soviet reoccupation and then leaving for the UK.

Wanda describes Soviet soldiers bailing her up with a gun to question if she is Polish or German during the reoccupation.

Wanda describes returning to her town, from hiding, after the Soviet/German frontline had moved through in 1944 during the reoccupation.

Wanda describes the family taking in a POW and night bombings as the Soviets moved through Poland attacking the Germans.