Please can anyone help me find what actually happened to my husband after he was arrested aged 17 years, the journey he travelled from his grandmother's house...
Here is a translated summary of an article that appears in today's Gazeta Wyborcza found at: http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,4081488.html Na...
Initially, the US and Germany were in league to destroy Stalin; people like J P Morgan and Joe Kennedy as well as others sent money and encouraged Hitler....
David, I have isolated one family which possibly is the one you are referring to when you mention Bobiatyn; Anna c Piotra 1928 at Bobiatin , Lwow ; deported...
Aneta, thank you for the note on POW ( Polskie Obrony Wojskowe) Yes , certainly it is worth writing there -- Centralne Archiwum Wojskowe, 00-919, Warszawa, 72....
Dear Group Recently someone posted a link to detailed maps of Poland circa 1939 in Polish. The site enabled you to identify an area and brought up a ...
http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007/04/23/4113358-sun.html Massacre victims are 'all heroes' By CHRIS DOUCETTE, SUN MEDIA Toronto's Polish community...
I am not sure how relevant this news article is to Kresy-Siberia, but it reminded me of the monument that was put to honor the Red Army in West Hollywood....
Halina, I am not sure where would be best to send enquiries regarding the recruitment of Pilsudski's Army. That Army formed in Austria in the first place and...
Phil, it is very kind of you to share the news which you had from Hoover. That little document- although hardly readable - says a great deal and leads one to...
Phil, from the document you sent me it seems your father was in Pieczora ITL with its office at Abiez, Kozvinski rajon in Komi Respublic. It is difficult to...
The article that follows is from the Polish Television Website at: http://tvp.pl/124,20070414485435.strona and includes a video report My unofficial...
Excerpts from my Mum’s diary: 21st March 1940. - It is my birthday - I am fifteen years old. The frost is terrible and it is snowing. On the Saturday...
Information from the following book : Forced Labor in Soviet Russia By David J Dallin and Boris I Nicolaevsky Published by New Haven Yale University Press 1947...
I love to read the info posted herein, but the excessive reposting of the original message is maddening. Why not just repost what is necessary? There's no...
I have been searching for information regarding my grandfather (Jozef Lis) and his family. They settled in Chotyn, a small osada, near a village of the same...
Henryk Sienkiewicz, in his book "Ogniem i Mieczem wrote " W chacie kantarzeja* wojskowego na przedmiesciu...." . Editors note at the bottom of the page...
Eve, My family's names have been added and I wanted to say Thank you for all your help. It means so much to myself and my family. Carol Celinski Dove...
Halina, I am so glad you have embarked to tackle the difficulties in searching in RU lists. Yes, all your families of osadnikow you mention are there. I'll...
Dear Halina (NZ), You certainly have done wonders with translating names from the RU list. Majewski family is all I could find in Karta book , but more on the...
Dear All, If you want to save a video clip to your hard drive (eg Uzbekistan video) right click on the icon and select the 'Save target as..' option from the...
Album: Articles in "Automobilista". A motor magazine published in Poland (in Polish). Articles by Maciej Replewicz celebrating "Rok Generala Andersa" (General ...
Hi,My mother saved a photo from 'Nowy Dziennik'. This is a Polish newspaper published in New York City. The bottom caption on the photo reads 'Na odwrocie...
Zbyszek' please do not be sceptical; that is how it was. All women were cutting logs not 3 ft but 1metre long and were told to stack into 'kubometry' - coubic...
Hello Groups, Saturday/Sunday issue of " Nasz Dziennik" No. 88 ( 2801) had an article by Father Zdzislaw J. Peszkowski, chaplain of the Katyn Families wrote...
David, there ar quite a few Paszko family membres entered in the RU lists. Alexander, Andrzej,Anna,Katarzyna,Jozef,Maria, Milka,Piotr, Stefania and Fiodor as...
New album in the Gallery for information about the Osady: I have copied the list of names from the quoted book (607 I believe) – if anyone has more names to...
