Please welcome Ted Tomchak to the group. It is always an honour to have with us one of the original survivors, born in Poland's Kresy Wschodnie (eastern...
Hi to all, I came across this medal/award for Siberian deportees which (one currently for sale on Ebay) I haven't seen a reference to this before? I've...
Please welcome Christine Gorniak to the group. Christine, you may know that before the war, Rzeszów (which is still in Poland today) was actually part of the...
The intent of this post is not to engage in further disputation. However, a certain assertion was recently made against the author of this reply regarding his...
Do any of the group members know if there was a camp in Kenya called 'Rangai' or 'Rougai' its written on the back of an old photograph that i have, but looking...
I might have an indirect contact to the group who were doing the 1SBS (1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade) portrail at Bletchley Park, There were about 6...
I've just received this from another group that I'm on it might be of use to our cause by writing to BBC and with any luck they might do something. Paul The...
For a well balanced and no holds barred review ( which means that no nation is spared over its bumbling) of the first phases of WWII, including the evacuation ...
I plead once again for the moderator to not post personal attacks to this forum. I'm a not in the least bit interested in knowing that someone is disgusted by...
Hello Betty Aren't you wonderful! I was sorry to hear the news about your sister and about Mr Lachowitz. You should invite Mr Tomczycki to visit our website...
Dear Group: In light of our recent discussion regarding the Polish language, and because the language of this group is English, I would like to ask those group...
Hello Group! I was wondering if anybody can help me with my research. I'm actually looking for a few things: 1. Does anyone know how I can obtain a copy of my...
For Halina . . .and anyone else who wants to find a Canadian birth certificate-- In Canada, birth certificates are issued by the provinces. However, until...
I would like to comment on the recent Rydz Smigly discussions. History tells us that every nation will, at some time or other, suffer a period of intense...
... I've been following the debate on aboriginal matters for a couple of decades. One aspect that puzzles me is the theory that the European suppression of...
what is this place? Do I need to write to them in English or Polish? What is this place or is it a name? Urzad Stanu Cywilnego 42-400 Zawiercie ul. Piastowska...
Hi Teresa! Welcome to the internet! I, too, am a "compulsive communicator". Often I am also accused of lecturing people, eg by Aleks when I try to give him...
Mr Szybalski, Words in English or, for that matter in Polish, fail to adequately express my absolute disgust at the tone of your postings on the above subject....
Here is something different. A picture of the money issued in the Kresy during the war under German occupation in 1942. Note the city name "Rowno". ...
Does anyone have any clues about the village or settlement of "Sewerynka" in the former powiat Olesko? i can't find it in the Shetlseeker database... Olesko...
<PRE>My mother was born in Poland and my father was born here in the United States. He was born of a polish family that emigrated to the United States , I...
I, for one, have little regret that my Polish language skills are weak, and that I don't do wigilia or other Polish traditions. Despite being born in Lodz and...
This new item is related to our own national tragedy or gehenna. The Memorial Society is the group that Alexander Guryanov is a part of, that has helped us to...
Is there or was there a place in Poland called something like Jawercie? If so does anyone know where I can get more information on it, and the people who lived...
Hello Group Firstly, may I apologise for being a largely passive member of this excellent group. After busy working weeks it is with great interest that I ...
Thank you George for all your hard work and, especially, for my finally being able to see where I was born : the maternity hospital in Trani, Italy! Elizabeth...
Dear members: I am adding to the poetry and to the discussion about language and 'Polishness'. From her collection of selected poems (translated into English),...
... Parafie I Koscioly ... Parafia sw.sw. Piotra i Pawla ... Parafia Najswietszego Ciala i Krwi Chrystusa ... Parafia sw. Stanislawa Kostki ... Parafia sw....
