My Mother Waleria Kowal was born (1927) in a small village called Zboiska, about 3 km from a bigger village called Stojanow. Can anyone tell me which powiat...
Boleslaw AUGUSTYN was my fathers stepfather. He died in 1994 in America. But what happened to him between 1940 or so and when he arrived in America I have no...
Group, This is a link to Galicia records that I wanted to share. Like Eve stated it takes alot of time when searching and great care to make sure the records...
Hello all, During a recent research frenzy, I discovered some websites which may be of interest to members (all are in Polish, some w/translations): A 1938...
MOD and Sikorski Institute Archives Mod Polish archives are no longer kept at Northolt Airfield, they have been transported north (town name I forget) When...
Being a new member of the group, i have read with great interest the messages posted on the subject of arrest, deportation and conscription to the Russian...
The attached early (pre-publication) 1st chapter of "Noble Flight" may answer a few questions regarding the first days of WWII. Chris Gniewosz [Non-text...
Those responding to threads with changed subjects please change the subject line as required. Some people actually use subject wording to help them find useful...
To be remembered and not to be forgotten by any generation, a Pole's motto "God, Honour, Fatherland" "Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna", this is part of a Pole's...
I would like to propose that we share a series of profiles of distinguished deportees to Siberia. Leaders in fields such as science, medicine, the arts,...
Lucjan Z. Królikowski was born in Nowe Kramsko, near Poznañ in 1919. His father fought in the Uprising leading to the unification of the Great Poland region...
Hi Members, I'm sure some members may have already viewed this gallery. I came across it today and found the photographs very interesting, so thought I would...
I thought you might all like to see this article about the new Holocaust film Defiance: Country split over whether Daniel Craig is film hero or villain ...
Please welcome the as-yet unidentified son of Stanislaw Robak to the group. We look forward to hearing more from him in the New Year! Stefan Wisniowski SYDNEY...
Hi everyone. I am a new member of the group, and i have only recently found out details of the father i never knew. His name was Antoni Cieslewicz. Born in...
I would like to thank everybody for the kind words which were expressed when I wrote about the death of my father Wladyslaw Hyla. I also like the way the...
Ah, but Linder's father was not conscripted in Poland, as far as I know; he found himself in Siberia in 1940 untill the 'amnesty' and then he was in Ander's...
Linder, tattooing was introduced at Aushwitz in the autumn of 1941. Your dad was in Russian hands from 1939 to 1942.Concentration camp prisoners received...
Let's see what his valuation shows, Stefan. This is how an arrangement might work for us, because we have a "virtual museum" program and are not interested in...
RE Stefan 15637 and others. I am in agreement with Stefan and his comments. I have just returned from Belarus -first time after 65 years-where I saw our lands,...
Krysiu, Thank you for that, but if you look at it you'll find that our member Barry Rubin has already contributed to that site and there are a number of...
Thanks to another forum, I was able to download and watch a short (17:41) documentary, Zamki Kresowe Rzeczpospolitej_Ostrog.avi It's in Polish, but narrator...
Thank you for the idea's/info that Danuta, 'Time Tax' Janusz and Antoni and anyone else,has given me. I haven't 'digested' it all yet [back to work], but will...
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081229/LIVING19/812290309 The power of emptiness Writer uses fiction to fill gaps in the WWII horror stories that are her ...
Perhaps you might like to have a look at an article in today's Rzeczpospolita by Ryszard Legutko about the thinking of a museum for Kresy. Kresy formed such an...
Dear members - I realize that I have been 'incommunicado' for several weeks; in reality I have been lurking in the background while dealing with other things. ...
This page contains a list of printed publications describing Polish victims of WWII. At least some of the material should be of interest to this group ...
