Amen to that



Every one who lived throughthe war and ended as arefugee outside their

homeland deserves to be honoured and it is to that end that I have taken it

upon myself to do so from Feb 5th to 13th 2005.



I feel that this group, Polands entry into the Europe athe heart its

rightful place, etc etc somehow validates the lives lost whether through

combat, or through loss of childhood and the formative years.



I look at my dad who God willing will celebrate his 85th birthday Nov 10th

and the sadness of his years of hard labour ( 1940-1981) are now being

followed by the joy of years of peace,  he can experince and enjoy the

fruits of his labours, the freedom of Polska, the ownership of his own front

door and roof, his ogrodek with vegetables and that his dream as a boy of

having just that are fulfilled.







Bye 4 now Hela.









>From: "Halina Szulakowska" <hszulakowska@...>

>Reply-To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

>To: <Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com>

>Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Arnhem - Polish Paratroopers - The Kresy

>Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:58:43 +0100

>

>

>Hello everyone,

>

>I have been away from the KS-group for a number of months and have only

>just

>re-subscribed.

>

>This time last month I was in Arnhem for 7 days for the 60th commemoration

>of Operation Market-Garden. My mother and I were representing my father,

>Antoni Szulakowski, who took part in the operation, but is sadly no longer

>with us. It was an emotional time to be with the men of both the Polish and

>British airborne. The 'Lest We Forget' foundation hosted around 600

>veterans

>and widows during the rememberance week. I felt very honoured to be a part

>of this historic event, and was especially proud of the Polish veterans -

>some of whom I have had the priviledge to know since my childhood via the

>ZPS (Zwiazek Polskich Spadochroniarzy).

>

>As a group, although our focus is the Soviet deportation of Polish Citizens

>from the Eastern Borderlands, we have discussed all manner of topics

>relating to Poland's history - especially the timespan of WWII. The

>KS-Group

>have, for example, always been quick to remember the anniversaries of

>battles such as Monte Cassino and the Warsaw Uprising. I was, therefore, a

>little upset to read back to the group's September discussion on

>Market-Garden. One member actually said that, pertaining to Arnhem, "this

>is

>not on our Kresy-Siberia topic". And there seems to have been some

>hostility

>towards the German veterans who had quietly attended the commemoration to

>also, quite rightly, mourn their dead. In war everyone suffers.

>

>I have been in two minds as to whether I should broach this topic or not -

>especially since I was unsubscribed at the time Arnhem was mentioned. But I

>have since realised that I do want to share a few thoughts, and I apologise

>to anyone that may find my response a little late in the day.

>

>I think it is right to remember how our fathers, grandfathers, uncles,

>brothers, members of our own KS group, fought for their right to a free

>homeland: a homeland which they wanted complete with the Eastern

>Borderlands

>where many of them had been born. My father's only concern was to return to

>the Polesie which he loved so dearly, and where several generations of his

>family had farmed the land. Major-General Sosabowski's motto for his

>Brigade

>was 'Najkrotsza droga!', and his aim for the Pierwsza Samodzielna Brigada

>Spadochronowa was to land in Warsaw and liberate Poland as quickly as

>possible. These men, some of whom had been Soviet deportees, were all

>united

>in their refugee status and their home-sickness.

>

>During the service of rememberance at the Polish Monument in Driel, the

>Dutch children of the local school sang a song in the Polish language. It

>was 'Jaka Piekna Nasza Polska Cala'. The elderly paratrooper sitting to my

>left began to cry: "It's what I fought for. I fought for my beautiful

>Poland, and for her to be free". More specifically, he had fought to return

>to his 'beautiful' Podole from which he had been deported on 10th February

>1940.

>

>I don't think you can divorce the deportations from the events that

>impacted

>on the deportees both during and after WWII. I certainly can't separate my

>father's military history, nor his consequent civilian life in Britain,

>from

>that night when the Szulakowski family were bundled onto a cattletruck in

>Sienkiewicze village and taken to Vologda as slave labour. Tata once told

>me

>that, even though years had passed, there remained a part of him which was

>forever the deportee.

>

>So please can I ask that the group remains open to all of the history,

>which

>has affected our families and friends.

>

>Serdeczne Pozdrowienia,

>

>Halina Szulakowska UK

>

>

>

>

>

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Hello everyone,

I have been away from the KS-group for a number of months and have only just
re-subscribed.

This time last month I was in Arnhem for 7 days for the 60th commemoration
of Operation Market-Garden. My mother and I were representing my father,
Antoni Szulakowski, who took part in the operation, but is sadly no longer
with us. It was an emotional time to be with the men of both the Polish and
British airborne. The 'Lest We Forget' foundation hosted around 600 veterans
and widows during the rememberance week. I felt very honoured to be a part
of this historic event, and was especially proud of the Polish veterans -
some of whom I have had the priviledge to know since my childhood via the
ZPS (Zwiazek Polskich Spadochroniarzy).

As a group, although our focus is the Soviet deportation of Polish Citizens
from the Eastern Borderlands, we have discussed all manner of topics
relating to Poland's history - especially the timespan of WWII. The KS-Group
have, for example, always been quick to remember the anniversaries of
battles such as Monte Cassino and the Warsaw Uprising. I was, therefore, a
little upset to read back to the group's September discussion on
Market-Garden. One member actually said that, pertaining to Arnhem, "this is
not on our Kresy-Siberia topic". And there seems to have been some hostility
towards the German veterans who had quietly attended the commemoration to
also, quite rightly, mourn their dead. In war everyone suffers.

I have been in two minds as to whether I should broach this topic or not -
especially since I was unsubscribed at the time Arnhem was mentioned. But I
have since realised that I do want to share a few thoughts, and I apologise
to anyone that may find my response a little late in the day.

I think it is right to remember how our fathers, grandfathers, uncles,
brothers, members of our own KS group, fought for their right to a free
homeland: a homeland which they wanted complete with the Eastern Borderlands
where many of them had been born. My father's only concern was to return to
the Polesie which he loved so dearly, and where several generations of his
family had farmed the land. Major-General Sosabowski's motto for his Brigade
was 'Najkrotsza droga!', and his aim for the Pierwsza Samodzielna Brigada
Spadochronowa was to land in Warsaw and liberate Poland as quickly as
possible. These men, some of whom had been Soviet deportees, were all united
in their refugee status and their home-sickness.

During the service of rememberance at the Polish Monument in Driel, the
Dutch children of the local school sang a song in the Polish language. It
was 'Jaka Piekna Nasza Polska Cala'. The elderly paratrooper sitting to my
left began to cry: "It's what I fought for. I fought for my beautiful
Poland, and for her to be free". More specifically, he had fought to return
to his 'beautiful' Podole from which he had been deported on 10th February
1940.

I don't think you can divorce the deportations from the events that impacted
on the deportees both during and after WWII. I certainly can't separate my
father's military history, nor his consequent civilian life in Britain, from
that night when the Szulakowski family were bundled onto a cattletruck in
Sienkiewicze village and taken to Vologda as slave labour. Tata once told me
that, even though years had passed, there remained a part of him which was
forever the deportee.

So please can I ask that the group remains open to all of the history, which
has affected our families and friends.

Serdeczne Pozdrowienia,

Halina Szulakowska UK




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"Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens
deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two."
****************************************************************************
Discussion site : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kresy-Siberia
Gallery (photos, documents) : http://www.aforgottenodyssey.com/gallery/
Film and info : http://www.AForgottenOdyssey.com
****************************************************************************
To SUBSCRIBE to the discussion group, send an e-mail
saying who you are and describing your interest in the group to:
Kresy-Siberia-owner@yahoogroups.com
****************************************************************************

Hello everyone,



I have been away from the KS-group for a number of months and have only just

re-subscribed.



This time last month I was in Arnhem for 7 days for the 60th commemoration

of Operation Market-Garden. My mother and I were representing my father,

Antoni Szulakowski, who took part in the operation, but is sadly no longer

with us. It was an emotional time to be with the men of both the Polish and

British airborne. The 'Lest We Forget' foundation hosted around 600 veterans

and widows during the rememberance week. I felt very honoured to be a part

of this historic event, and was especially proud of the Polish veterans -

some of whom I have had the priviledge to know since my childhood via the

ZPS (Zwiazek Polskich Spadochroniarzy).



As a group, although our focus is the Soviet deportation of Polish Citizens

from the Eastern Borderlands, we have discussed all manner of topics

relating to Poland's history - especially the timespan of WWII. The KS-Group

have, for example, always been quick to remember the anniversaries of

battles such as Monte Cassino and the Warsaw Uprising. I was, therefore, a

little upset to read back to the group's September discussion on

Market-Garden. One member actually said that, pertaining to Arnhem, "this is

not on our Kresy-Siberia topic". And there seems to have been some hostility

towards the German veterans who had quietly attended the commemoration to

also, quite rightly, mourn their dead. In war everyone suffers.



I have been in two minds as to whether I should broach this topic or not -

especially since I was unsubscribed at the time Arnhem was mentioned. But I

have since realised that I do want to share a few thoughts, and I apologise

to anyone that may find my response a little late in the day.



I think it is right to remember how our fathers, grandfathers, uncles,

brothers, members of our own KS group, fought for their right to a free

homeland: a homeland which they wanted complete with the Eastern Borderlands

where many of them had been born. My father's only concern was to return to

the Polesie which he loved so dearly, and where several generations of his

family had farmed the land. Major-General Sosabowski's motto for his Brigade

was 'Najkrotsza droga!', and his aim for the Pierwsza Samodzielna Brigada

Spadochronowa was to land in Warsaw and liberate Poland as quickly as

possible. These men, some of whom had been Soviet deportees, were all united

in their refugee status and their home-sickness.



During the service of rememberance at the Polish Monument in Driel, the

Dutch children of the local school sang a song in the Polish language. It

was 'Jaka Piekna Nasza Polska Cala'. The elderly paratrooper sitting to my

left began to cry: "It's what I fought for. I fought for my beautiful

Poland, and for her to be free". More specifically, he had fought to return

to his 'beautiful' Podole from which he had been deported on 10th February

1940.



I don't think you can divorce the deportations from the events that impacted

on the deportees both during and after WWII. I certainly can't separate my

father's military history, nor his consequent civilian life in Britain, from

that night when the Szulakowski family were bundled onto a cattletruck in

Sienkiewicze village and taken to Vologda as slave labour. Tata once told me

that, even though years had passed, there remained a part of him which was

forever the deportee.



So please can I ask that the group remains open to all of the history, which

has affected our families and friends.



Serdeczne Pozdrowienia,



Halina Szulakowska UK