The Imperial War Museum in London is planning to open an exhibition this July entitled "The Animals' War". In it, they hope to include the story of Wojtek...
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Krystyna Freiburger
zembocin
Mar 30, 2006 8:38 am
I have been translating my mother's memoirs this winter and there came upon Gorczakowo. Since I couldn't find it on any of my maps I figured my dear mama must...
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Valerie
valeriemeare
Mar 30, 2006 9:33 am
Dear Group, Sometime ago I read that survivors from Siberia could apply for a medal. When I investigated this I realised that this medal was only being...
18972
Elzbieta Kniaz
kniaziniaela
Mar 30, 2006 10:41 am
Hi Alex I read your e-mail with interest. If you have any further questions to ask about Polish Identity go ahead and I will go through them and answer them...
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Elzbieta Kniaz
kniaziniaela
Mar 30, 2006 10:58 am
Hello group- It was most reassuring to read the mails from the group. I do not feel so alone now. I can also show my friends that I am not the only one with...
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Jane Thompson
thomsonjm@...
Mar 30, 2006 11:37 am
Dear Group My father is a Siberia survivor. Where can he apply for a medal? Jane ... From: Valerie [mailto:vcm@...] Sent: 30 03 2006 11:32 AM To:...
18975
romlipin@...
Mar 30, 2006 12:11 pm
Aniela, I will send you my recollections of that period soon. I have to "sanitize"; it because it contains some of very personal stuff. Our paths might have...
18976
romlipin@...
Mar 30, 2006 12:22 pm
Hi Jane, Contact the nearest Polish conulate or embassy. Romuald...
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Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 30, 2006 2:06 pm
Jane, Contact the Polish Consulate or Embassy nearest you. Since you don't state your location, I'm sorry I can't guess at where that may be. Andy Golebiowski ...
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Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 30, 2006 2:14 pm
I'm just trying to figure out why some were "repatriated" from Kresy (those who never were deported to Siberia), and others stayed behind in what became the...
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kms0902@...
szypowska
Mar 30, 2006 2:45 pm
Hello Ela, Thank you so much for sharing your story. It is so true that many 2nd generation members of this group share some common experiences that our...
18980
romlipin@...
Mar 30, 2006 3:22 pm
Hello group, After couple of successes, now I have difficulty to open the pics related to the fighting in Italy on the Cultura.Marche. I get a dialog box that...
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roman
f24c8c
Mar 30, 2006 3:41 pm
Romuald, I've been going directly to the pictures via: http://mg.cultura.marche.it/default_sik.asp?page=1&order=id Roman Ottawa romlipin@... wrote: Hello...
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Anne Kaczanowski
annekaczanowski
Mar 30, 2006 3:43 pm
My Dad's brother and his wife and kids,who were Polish, lived in Kresy ( Luck). They also owned no land and he was just a labourer. Their family was not...
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Marek K
marek_pk
Mar 30, 2006 3:44 pm
Romuald Click on the link below http://mg.cultura.marche.it/default_sik.asp?page=1&order=id or copy into browser. Then click on pictures to enlarge. Shold not...
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Elizabeth Olsson
elzuniao
Mar 30, 2006 3:58 pm
This forced re-settlement worked both ways: when I visited my Mum’s osada the Ukranian lady who lived in Mum’s house said that she had been forced to move...
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Anne Kaczanowski
annekaczanowski
Mar 30, 2006 5:44 pm
But wasn't that the goal of those mixed up years? Send the Ukrainians as many as you can to Western Ukraine republic where they could be with their own...
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Marcus jemiola
jemiolo_quest
Mar 30, 2006 6:02 pm
Dear Rich and Hala, Thank you for replying to me over information concerning Polish cavalry regiments. I was interested to hear that you too have a historic...
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 30, 2006 6:29 pm
I also have questions about this: 1. Were any of the few ethnic Poles who remained in Kresy at the end of the war allowed to stay in Kresy (which had been...
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zbigniew
b_styrna
Mar 30, 2006 9:07 pm
Hania, Eve, Russia/Soviets/Stalin started WWII . After WWII ended, Poland was occupied and under the firm Communist control of the Soviets/Russians/Stalin. I...
18989
bechta1936
Mar 30, 2006 11:26 pm
Same here, Krystyna. I have a very illegible copy of a letter from one of my uncles saying "jak bylismy w Gorczakowie"... Couldn't find it anywhere, not even...
18990
VK3UX
dobrostanski
Mar 30, 2006 11:28 pm
Aniela, The answer to your question is yes. We landed in Fremantle, WA on February 1950. Shortly, Leon Bieluga, his mother and sister Danuta moved to Adelaide...
18991
bechta1936
Mar 30, 2006 11:41 pm
Romuald, Looking forward to your "sanitized" version. When you are ready, you may want my home address to send via snail mail. You certainly have been around!...
18992
bechta1936
Mar 31, 2006 12:00 am
Tadeusz, Many thanks for trying. My husband and I checked several cities on the net, but of course, you can 't just look up ALL the telephone directories of...
18993
Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 31, 2006 1:19 am
My mother's family, also from Wolyn (Rokitno area) were not taken to Siberia, supposedly because the Germans had already come into their area. My mother's...
18994
Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 31, 2006 1:23 am
Supposedly the village in Ukraine where my mother is from, almost all Polish before the war, in now made up of many Ukrainians brought in from Poland after the...
18995
Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 31, 2006 2:10 am
I hope the first sentence was a typo. Andy Buffalo ... the firm ... citizens did ... what they were ... Behalf Of ... allowed to stay ... newly acquired ... ...
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Audrey Czechowska
tyne292002
Mar 31, 2006 4:25 am
Hi Tadeusz, Could this be the Leon Bieluga you have been seeking? In the Australian National Archives:- Leon Bieluga, born 1932 died 1970 And on South...
18997
romed46
Mar 31, 2006 4:37 am
On August 2,1945, at the Potsdam Conference, Atlee, Truman and Stalin agreed that the German territories of East Prussia and German territories east of the...
18998
beemail27@...
concernedcon...
Mar 31, 2006 4:39 am
I wrote to this organization again, but still have not heard back from them. I even offered to send them a donation. I don't know what's going on, why ...
