Hi Stefan, Its unusable that your Father at age 10 enlisted in to the Army, At Guzar i tryed to enlist at age 16 i was tald son you to young...so i went next...
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Barbara Scrivens
barbara.scri...
Jan 27, 2011 9:59 pm
Thank-you Ted, Terry, Stefan, Hela and Barbara, I agree, General Anders was a real hero. I’m using the passengers on the ship from Africa to get an idea of...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 27, 2011 10:23 pm
Good day! Years ago I had a friend who'd gone the hard route from Lwow to Kazakhstan to Persia to England, where I met her when we were both students at one of...
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Stefan (KS) Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 27, 2011 11:13 pm
Welcome Dan. Tell us more about that online list and how you were able to make contact using it. Got a link? It might help others. Regards Stefan Wisniowski ...
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Stefan (KS) Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 27, 2011 11:35 pm
Dear group members Please be careful with this topic, our group values decry and exclude prejudicial comments such as claiming an entire ethnic group has a...
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Stefan (KS) Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 27, 2011 11:43 pm
Hi Ted Those sure were unusual times and my dad sure must have been a tough little guy. As his own father had just died on the journey south and his older...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 28, 2011 12:15 am
The list of evacuees is here: http://pism.co.uk/Docs/KOL%20138_296.pdf It runs from Abakonczyk to Ezman. There is apparently another list on the website...
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Barbara Scrivens
barbara.scri...
Jan 28, 2011 3:57 am
Hi John, I’ve been using your Jan 10 post re: Soviet annexation of Kresy as a bookmark as I plough through Bloodlands, and this date isn’t on your list, so...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 8:24 am
... Not only apparently, but also actually: http://pism.co.uk/Docs/KOL%20138_297.pdf...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 8:34 am
... The town is now called Ayagoz or Ayakoz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayagoz...
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georgekulbacki@...
georgekulbac...
Jan 28, 2011 11:09 am
I've just had a look at the map of the camps posted and couldn't find the camp Ponoj where my father was imprisoned. I would just like to take the opportunity ...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 28, 2011 11:20 am
Is that map of the camps on the website? Thanks - Dan...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 12:47 pm
... ????? Could you elaborate on that, please? Armed conflicts between Poland in Lithuania finished in 1922 (at the latest). Was you father captured in the...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 12:53 pm
... It's in the Murmansk oblast. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponoj_%28osada%29...
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Helena Danielczuk
pomoczpwb
Jan 28, 2011 1:02 pm
My question is HOW did these people actually get out? What was the mode of transport?? Bye 4 now Hela. CC: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com To:...
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Helena Danielczuk
pomoczpwb
Jan 28, 2011 1:07 pm
What about the rest? eg S? Bye 4 now Hela. To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com From: kresy@... Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:24:10 +0000 Subject:...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 1:15 pm
... See the 1st paragraph of this message, posted a few hours ago: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kresy-Siberia/message/42359...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 28, 2011 1:30 pm
... Helena, the two lists only cover the first part of the alphabet. The strange thing about the lists is that they were compiled in Budapest! They appear in a...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 1:40 pm
... No, it wasn't. Hungary remained an independent country (allied with Germany) until March 1944...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 28, 2011 1:45 pm
... Well, whether it was allied or occupied -- what was the Polish Army in the East doing, headquartered in Budapest? Was this yet a fourth Polish army, beyond...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 28, 2011 1:50 pm
... Out of the USSR to Persia? Well, they had to walk or otherwise find transport to the railroad, thence by train to Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea, thence by...
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janusz_ks
Jan 28, 2011 1:58 pm
... Polish Army in the East wasn't headquartered in Hungary. "Wieści Polskie" was published by Jan Ulatowski, Polish diplomat in Budapest....
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terry polewski
tpolewski
Jan 28, 2011 2:22 pm
Hela, do you mean out of the USSR itself or the camps as a start? Terry Polewski ________________________________ From: Helena Danielczuk <helena52@...> ...
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Chris Gniewosz
cgniewosz
Jan 28, 2011 2:33 pm
My father sailed from Persia around the horn to England. The ship was overcrowded and they were in constant threat of being torpedoed. The men were scared,...
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Barbara Milligan
basia5milligan
Jan 28, 2011 3:38 pm
Look on the Sikorski Museum website. It states the lists go to and including "M" but there are non from "N" onwards. The lists are incomplete as my...
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Edward Bator
bator.edward
Jan 28, 2011 4:20 pm
Many questions  -  various answers / suppositions. Let me state again my experience that has been omited from previous mailing and only the notation: ...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 28, 2011 5:56 pm
Basia, you asked, "Was there a reason for some men choosing the 1PAD and others the Second Corps?" I have been trying to find an explanation for years because...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 28, 2011 6:13 pm
I share the opinion that the fate of Poland was virtually decided long before "official" recognition after Hitler's defeat. Churchill said shifting Poland to ...
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Antoni Kazimierski
antoni530
Jan 28, 2011 6:16 pm
Hello George, I believe I already sent you a map of Karelo-Finish SSR 1940 where I marked the PONOJ camp in Murmanskaja area.Right on the edge of the White...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 28, 2011 6:19 pm
Apologies if these are already well-known to forum members, but this batch of amazing sketches was news to me today: ...