I have a feeling it is a mistake and ought to read 'He fought in North Africa'. antoni530 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Mar 4, 2008 8:00 am
Anne, yes there are gold mines along Yenisey and I think it is mentioned in that long article. Re transfer camp in Pechora;; it was in a cluster at Siktivkar;...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Mar 4, 2008 12:46 pm
Anne, I had a look at the canal system in Russia and it is extensive in the Eurpean side of the country; see http://www.rusreki.ru/river_map.htm I cannot see...
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john878480
Mar 4, 2008 3:03 pm
Hello KS. Thought I would try another post to see if it would jog someones mind regarding Siedlecki family. My original post listed Lwow as being a possible...
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Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 4, 2008 4:06 pm
Hi Lucynka, There was a Stowarzyszenie Lotnikow here in Buffalo, in New York State. I could help recreate the names. Almost all of them have passed away. There...
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Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 4, 2008 4:48 pm
Hi John, First of all, it would be helpful if you signed your posts with your location. My family knew a Siedlecki who came to Buffalo, New York in the States...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Mar 4, 2008 6:18 pm
John, I know you are trying to trace your family in Poland/Belarus who are alive today. If you look at KARTA again where you'll see so many Siedleckich there,...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Mar 4, 2008 6:48 pm
John, just add that Siemiatycze is 25-30 km North from Biala Podlaska; so it is possible that the family are still in the same area. Write to the nearest...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Mar 4, 2008 6:53 pm
Konrad: I'm not aware that the 1st Polish Armoured Division fought in Africa at all, north or south. See...
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cynthia134461
Mar 4, 2008 8:44 pm
Hello Antoni, I am here again to pick your 'wonderful memory' hope you do not mind. As you know I am determined to continue my struggle to get any sign at all...
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ted
sbstnsk
Mar 4, 2008 9:23 pm
Hi Konrad.. You probably mean North Africa.. and He could be fighting against Rommel. TED ... From: Konrad To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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Konrad
konsim@...
Mar 4, 2008 10:14 pm
Thank you Ted, John, Michael and Antoni for your comments. I will heed your respective input. Regards, Konrad ... From: ted To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com ...
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Krystyna
thymetrax
Mar 4, 2008 11:19 pm
Andy there were a couple of Avro Arrow Polish Test Pilots in Downsview, Ontario. Would you happen to know their names? pozdrawiam Krysia-Toronto ... ...
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Barbara Charuba
charubab
Mar 4, 2008 11:55 pm
One was Janusz Zurakowski who died in Barry's Bay, Ontario a few years ago. Below is the official Zurakowski Park web site link. ...
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Krystyna
thymetrax
Mar 5, 2008 12:15 am
Basiu you are right and the other was his successor; WladyslawSpudPotocki http://tinyurl.com/25ypk2 ...
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concernedconnecticutr...
concernedcon...
Mar 5, 2008 6:56 am
Hi John & Konrad, Since my father was also in the First Polish Armoured Division I will attempt to give you both some input. Although my father's military ...
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richardwieksza
Mar 5, 2008 7:55 am
Hi All, My father also took the South Africa Scotland route with the 1st Polish Armoured Maczek's 1st were under monty's overall command in 1944 on the...
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john walker
john878480
Mar 5, 2008 9:07 am
Hi Andy, I'm from Scotland,there is a slim chance my fathers brothers may well have moves to the states but I am unsure at this stage. Regards . John....
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iza jozwiak
izajozwiak
Mar 5, 2008 11:29 am
i am looking for Jola Kondratowicz, who used to live in Cheektowaga near Buffalo. i think her mom knew my godmother Adela Wasilewska from Tengeru...
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ted
sbstnsk
Mar 5, 2008 1:00 pm
Hi Krystyna... One of them was S/Ldr Janusz Zurakowski- died in Barrys Bay. Ted ... From: Krystyna To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 04,...
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Lucyna Artymiuk
lucyna_98
Mar 5, 2008 1:30 pm
http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/291888.html Finding solace, years after Stalin By Paula Voell Updated: 03/05/08 6:58 AM ...
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Lucyna Artymiuk
lucyna_98
Mar 5, 2008 1:37 pm
Their details P-1856 Potocki Władysław Jan 0930 DFC 09.06.1919 + 23.12.1996...
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Lucyna Artymiuk
lucyna_98
Mar 5, 2008 1:37 pm
Thank you Basia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Barbara Charuba
charubab
Mar 5, 2008 2:08 pm
Let me offer a little lnfo here. My mother's father and brothers enlisted in the Polish Free Army in the East in the U.S.S.R.. Her oldest brother, Jerzy...
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sheilabeamish
Mar 5, 2008 3:03 pm
An 84 year old lady friend of mine Dorothy Taylor was courted by polish pilot Brunon Semmerling during the war when he visited her home town of Chesterfield in...
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M D Adamski
rescuedfroms...
Mar 5, 2008 3:41 pm
At Polish Canadian Air Force Association in Toronto, ON. Canada, No. 430 "Warsaw Wing" there still belong a few living members of of the Polish airforce in...
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Andy Golebiowski
andywbuffalo
Mar 5, 2008 5:34 pm
Exactly. Much has been written about Pan Zurakowski. The terms Zurakowski and pilot in Google brings up tons of info. He and his wife ran a resort of sorts in...
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Carol Dove
stashaok
Mar 5, 2008 5:50 pm
Group, Another new book about Siberia. In the mud hut they called home, the 5-year-old boy watched as his grandfather lay dying on a bed of straw. It wasn't...
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Carol Dove
stashaok
Mar 5, 2008 6:15 pm
Interview about the book, http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=311&author=331 Carol ... Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!...
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romed46
Mar 5, 2008 6:38 pm
-Dear Lucyna, First of all please forgive me for butting into your correspondence with Basia. I have been a member of K/S group for about 5 years. My...