I was fascinated to find that the U.S. Congress investigated the Katyn massacres as early as 1951 and released its Findings in 1952. I have published them in...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Jul 10, 2011 11:59 am
Here is a weblink showing a photo and a map of the Katyn Monument in Gunnersby Park, a short walk from POSK in west London. ...
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Aleksander Domaradzki
bcd2234
Jul 10, 2011 12:03 pm
Wouldn't say a short walk Stefan!!! 30 min on the bus though Aleks ________________________________ From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 10, 2011 12:16 pm
I was at Gunnersbury cemetery a few weeks ago. Very moving, especially the added note about earth from Katyn being interred there. But even more moving, to me,...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Jul 10, 2011 12:25 pm
A very informative article on Roosevelt- Stalin relationship . http:/http://www.pioneerassociation.ie/pioneer-magazine/108-katyn Helen Bitner Colchester UK...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 10, 2011 12:37 pm
I highly recommend Max Hastings's new book, Churchill's War. There is a lot in there about his conflicted, valiant, and ultimately hopeless effort to ensure a...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Jul 10, 2011 12:47 pm
It is indeed a fascinating topic, and the multi-ethnic composition of these "borderlands" is the legacy of its centuries at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. ...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 10, 2011 1:03 pm
Nice summary, thanks -- Dan...
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Barbara Milligan
basia5milligan
Jul 10, 2011 1:38 pm
Hi Krysia, Seems some of the "opened" halls - sale otwarte are not open. I get an error message and a referral to the webmaster Krzysztof Hoffman. Is there a...
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charubab
Jul 10, 2011 2:27 pm
Let me add a little more info to this topic. First and foremost, though the Poles were a minority in the Eastern Borderlands, they were a large minority which...
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Eva
eszegidewicz
Jul 10, 2011 8:34 pm
Dear all, Just a reminder about next Sunday's event at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, UK. Jurek Neisser and I will be attending and we will be promoting...
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Norman Gillon
wandagillon
Jul 10, 2011 9:51 pm
Let me throw my nickel’s worth into this. Back in ’62, when I was studying engineering in London, I was required to acquire a working knowledge of another...
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thymetrax
Jul 10, 2011 11:32 pm
Witam; Many who were not forcibly deported to syberia,resettled in Slask. http://www.nto.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110423/REPORTAZ/26606135 Pozdrawiam...
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rootstrust
Jul 11, 2011 6:11 am
the article is at www.ourrootstrust.org/page_50.html Jerry Kubica...
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Zenon Kuzik
zenon.kuzik
Jul 11, 2011 7:37 am
Interesting observation, Norman. My father reckons Polish sounds like a piece of machinery that needs oiling, and that Russian and Ukrainian are more melodic...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Jul 11, 2011 4:52 pm
It's funny how we all look or listen to one thing and we all leave with a different experience of it. I much prefer the sound of Polish to Russian or ...
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thymetrax
Jul 11, 2011 5:12 pm
Witaj Aniu; I really like and appreiciate your very interesting observation, I was born in Poland na ziemiach odzyskanych/Dolny Slask but have been told I...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Jul 11, 2011 6:08 pm
I think so and for me that is what makes the language beautiful. When my dad died I didn't want to forget his Polish voice. So I bought beautiful folk...
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Barbara Milligan
basia5milligan
Jul 11, 2011 7:44 pm
Hania you are so right. My grandmother spoke the most clearly and she did not gabble her words the way it happens now. My grandfather was the grandson of an...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 11, 2011 10:55 pm
Remembering from my research some years ago, there was an archaeological study done on the Kresy language and because of its isolation from Poland, was...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 11, 2011 11:00 pm
Remembering from my research some years ago, there was an archaeological study done on the Kresy language and because of its isolation from Poland, was...
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Chris Gniewosz
cgniewosz
Jul 11, 2011 11:31 pm
Lenarda, All languages change and evolve. The Polish I learned from my Szlachta parents, who escaped in their young adulthood, has many subtle differences from...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Jul 11, 2011 11:33 pm
This is a surprise to me. Neither my mother’s nor my father’s families were “szlachta” yet they, and their siblings, were all educated in the Kresy in...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 12, 2011 12:14 am
Hi Chris As Australian born, never went to Polish school, I did notice that my polish was different from the other polish immigrants and was always asked where...
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thymetrax
Jul 12, 2011 12:44 am
Witaj Lenarda; Perhaps you might also be interested in this link to continue your findings? http://www.cpx.republika.pl/index.html Pozdrawiam milutko,...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 12, 2011 12:48 am
The other week I was in London talking to Siberia veterans, one of whom took me to the Sikorski Institute and the Hearth Club. I knew instantly that the...
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Lucyna Artymiuk
lucyna_98
Jul 12, 2011 1:26 am
RAF Swinderby Remembered Event 21st August 2011 2pm onwards, Witham St Hughs The agenda for the event is as follows:- Open of the event Talk by Howard Heeley...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Jul 12, 2011 1:30 am
So how would this conversation differ from a Siberian survivor, 17 years old on the threshold of his life, before the war, enjoying his country, his ...
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thymetrax
Jul 12, 2011 2:01 am
Witajcie; this is one of our Polish ladies with Kresowy Dialect in a conversation with now modern Polish speaker in one of my paternal side ancestral village...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 12, 2011 2:09 am
Hello Krystyna Thank you for the link, when started researching, knew that my grandfather Mikolaj Chmielewski was minor Szlachta and I learned a lot about the...
