On August 1, 1944, our units attacked the Germans in Warsaw in open combat On the fifth day of fighting, my platoon, which was using two captured German tanks, helped free 350 Jews from the bGesiowka/b concentration camp. b...../b When my family returned from bvacation/b in late August 1939, there were rumors of war. My mother tried to stock up on food but the stores were already out of staples.In August 1942 all the Jews were ordered to report to Sosnowiec's stadium. ...
"Gęsiówka" stała się bowiem w PRL natychmiast więzieniem i obozem pracy. Działało tam NKWD, które wyłapywało AK-owców i ludzi podziemia antykomunistycznego, następnie przetrzymywano tam Niemców. Jak powiedział Marek Nowakowski, ...
Several times smugglers were shot at the central lock-up on Gesiowka Street. Once there was a veritable slaughter (100 persons were shot near Warsaw). Among the Jewish victims of the smuggling there were tens of Jewish children between ...