Dear group members The production of this film is an exciting development and we are supporting it any way we can as it is in keeping with the mission of our...
I am so happy with the help that I have had from the group with my Kogut research especially from Antoni. Perhaps now I am being greedy but would any on ehav...
Aneta Naszynska, who made the 'A Forgotten Odyssey film with Jagna Wright has been lucky enough to be in contact with a Los Angeles film- maker who wants to...
Hi, I'm trying to use Karta and am looking at a record that might be my great-aunt. I'm not completely convinced, as the Deportation Oblast doesn't look right...
Oh my goodness, Lithuania has another Gulag theme park (the other one which I've been to is Gruto Parkas)! Check this out. Unbelievable! _Gulag tourists...
As most of you know the Odznaczenia Sybiracy (Sibir Exile Cross) is a relatively new state decoration, introduced in 2003, for Polish nationals deported to...
"Important Request" I am looking for information/items to be displayed on message board by Aneta. This can be photo's, personal history, poems or other links...
Hello Eve and Zbyszek: Not including "Polish" as a category on the cencus makes me think of the "conspiracy of silence" that seems rather prevalent in America...
Hello everybody, My name is Barbara Zdanowicz, I was born in Manchester UK in 1954. Both my parents came from Poland, my mum from Warsaw and my dad from a...
Can anyone in the group clarify for me why some young men were taken to join the Russian Army and then later ended up in camps in Siberia and why others were...
Hi, I have a mountain of stuff on this, and would be happy to send a file to anyone who wants it. However I don't think it is on topic for the list, and this...
Haller's Army, largely composed of Canadian and American Polish Immigrants played a key role in the defeat of the Bolsheviks at the gates of Warsaw. Ray...
Krystyna, I am with you and sadly I do not understand what Carol is saying or implying. antoni530 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Group, I have sent this full message due to it's importance. From Russia's memorial Society this may be the turning point in history that will turn pages that...
Hello all, I'm crafting correspondance to the Sikorski Institute in London. I was wondering if any fellow Kresy group member has had experience with a specific...
To all members of the group, I wonder if you are familiar with a book by an American writer Allen Paul, "Katyn", published by Naval Institute, Annapolis,...
We are honoured to welcome Mrs Barbara Maria Matuchniak to the group. Mrs Matuchniak was deported from Lwow on 13.04.1940 to the USSR and left in 1942 for...
Paul, as I said there are manu of the family Kogut in references. I assume your family were from Sokal area. Karol son Wojciecha, b 1888 and lived at...
Another great book. NEW!!! GOING HOME: A Guide to Polish American Family History Research by Jonathan D. Shea ISBN 978-0-9631579-7-3 NEW!!! GOING HOME: A...
I thought that someone might be interested in CD-ROM of Polish names and their relationships as compiled by Dr MJ Minakowski and issued as a 3rd edition...
Hello Carol, I just would like to say I have at last found the 'Lemko Woman' & I could not stop weeping, it really is unbelievable & the music & singing just...
My name is Paul from Staffordshire in England. My mother is Polish and it is because of her mother that I have an interest in the deportees of world war 2. On...
Dear Friends, Polish Australian poet Peter Skrzynecki was the featured poet on Poetry Daily today. Here's some biographical info followed by his poem The...
Apel do wszystkich zainteresowanych! W "Ksiedze gosci" na stronie http://zwiazeksybirakow.strefa.pl pan Ryszard Przewlocki z Australii zaproponowal, zeby...
