First of all I would like to add; that before Karta or even Memorial publish anything about a person, they have to be ABSOLUTELY certain that the information...
To search in the lists posted by Memorial it is necessary to use/understand Cyrillic spelling. Two CDs are available to purchase from them with 1.3 million...
Aneta, Karta charges are displayed on their web site. Whether one feels that they are expensive, or not, is a matter of opinion and the depth of ones purse. A...
Julian and Group, I just wanted to respond to this comment made, "For those who lost their property to wait until the government was changed and the fear of...
Very nicely put, Stefan. It's good to get a gentle reminder that we are all on the same side here, eager to share the truth. John Halucha Sault Ste. Marie,...
But can you list a link to the Ukrainska Lista Katynska? I am still trying to locate my mothers family. Orlowa or Orlova. Thanks. ... your grandfather's name...
HI ELZUNIA: Did my response to Mordechai wind up in the spam folder? Just wondering, I sent it a few hours ago and it still hasn't appeared in my email. By the...
How does one use this search as I do not speak Polish. Thanks Nancy. ... lista katynska. ... entered in the memory records. Please enter names in Polish, just ...
I feel this taking of property (unless borrowing) is in fact stealing. Families knew when moving in that it was not theirs. This was not a matter of survival,...
Bozena Something in about a dozen recent emails (all on the same subject) triggered the Yahoo SPAM filter. These have now been cleared. By the way, Teheran...
See: http://www.polishculture-nyc.org/filmy_home.html for details on this upcoming Kresy Festival in New York City Polish Cultural Institute, Millennium Film...
Katyn is going to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival this month and into May. Anyone in New York or surrounding areas may be interested as this is the New...
Hello Antoni! Thanks so much for posting that link! I was able to locate the names of both my in-laws' fathers. The only problem is that I am not Polish, and...
Yes, lots of messages in the Spam filter yesterday. I don’t know why. Yes, camps 1, 2 and 4 – that’s what it says on the bottom. Does anyone know where...
The link is http://www.katedrapolowa.pl/ofiary.php just enter the name you are looking for in Polish and eventually please look at the monument as well. Sadly...
Marisa, here are some of the abbreviations you are looking for. Generally they are in military contex and Strazy Pogranicznej -Border Guards. St.Straz. -...
Thank you so much, Alex, for posting this map of Teheran. While this is still fresh on the K~S message page I would just like to add a, unreferenced at the...
Alex: Remember, there was a series of deportations up until June of 1941. After the first deportation took place, the people left behind, now having more ...
HI ALEX, BARB and GROUP: Can’t speak for others, but I know my Parents did not expect to be deported – they only knew that their expulsion/dispossession...
Group, This just came out in my area and I question, what took so long? Earlier this year, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation gave Brent — the editorial...
Group, This is on the material that I found on "Jonathan's" work. "The history of the Soviet period can now begin," says Jonathan Brent, executive editor of...
Group, Has anyone been able to make there way back and dig up the buried material? Does anyone in the group live near or go to Losiatyn area? I heard they...
My husband’s grandfather managed to bury much of the family’s silver collection before they were taken away. The Germans often gave some notice that an...
As usual, the answers are already on the Gallery http://gallery.kresy-siberia.org/Refugees-Persia/Polish_Refugees_pg_20?full=1 describes camps 1, 2, 3,and 5 4...
I wonder if thats why they took my Grandmother and two oldest girls first. Lets face it this way my grandfather knew if they tried to run his wife and two...
Hello Antoni, Thank you so much for responding so quickly regarding the abbreviations! I am going to print everything up and send it to BC where my in-laws...
ELZUNIA: There's no description of Camp #4 other than it's a military camp. The designation implies that it's housing for military personnel. My Father...
... After ... more ... there ... Barb, My point when I said that my grandfather was expecting activity resulted from his previous exposure to the Soviets,...
