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CARMEL, CRACOW, ACCOUNT OF UPRISING

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Poland: Cracow, Account of War Experience, Uprising, 1948

 File — Box Eu2: Series Series 6, Folder: 81
Identifier: GAMMS.10.71.1975
Scope and Contents

A detailed account of the Warsaw uprising with severe consequences for sisters and priests. Priests killed; 32 Redemptorists killed; they were slated for death but sent instead to West German weaving factories; slave labors 6 to 18 o'clock or reverse shifts; "P" sown on habits; bad treatment; Sisters sicken from conditions; priests risked lives to come and say mass for them on Sundays.

Dates: 1700-1990; Majority of material found in 1850-1980