Thanks Elzunia for organizing last Saturday's get-together. I so enjoyed meeting up with everyone and seeing some members for the first time. Looking at Krys's...
Elzunia Thanks for organizing last Saturday's get-together at POSK. I so enjoyed meeting up again and seeing some members for the first time. Krys's old ...
Witam; not sure if we have any KS members from Kisielin, thought this documentary is sure to interest everyone who has or had any links to Kresy Wschodnie....
Alex Topolski, my husband, spent a short time at El Qassassin Camp in Northern Egypt before he and other Polish soldiers embarked for Italy early in 1944. He...
Does anyone here recall the camp at Quasassino in Egypt, from which in 1948 some Polish refugees waited for transport to England? Blue skies! -- Dan Ford...
I have been asked to introduce myself. I am the daughter of a survivor of Stalin's forced labor camps. I grew up with the stories my whole life. But in the...
[apologies for the subject line and the broken text in the previous e-mail] Hi Ed My father Zbigniew Waclaw Wisniowski was born 14 April 1931 and after...
Dear All, Kresy-Siberia Group. In last few days there was quite a thing going on about Polish letters. From this exchange I realized the shortage of imput...
I recently received my Babusia's records from Almaty. It took over 6 months and i had forgotten that i sent a request. In fact i cannot find the address in...
To the group. I am surprised that your group is so open, in all you speak and research and share. To me this is a great source of knowledge. In 3 years have...
Hi Wojciech Just a quick note to correct your statement that "units of the Polish Army that had escaped from France... were formed into the Polish First Army...
Dear all, subsequent to my intro letter I located 1915 and 1929 maps of Korelitschi and found Niehniewicze (mom's village) and Dabrowica ( 1 horse town),...
Thanks Aneta for posting your message about the Kresy-Siberia KOP border guards exhibition and thanks on behalf of all group members for all of your dedication...
Dear All, long time no hear from me, sorry. Being active in Kresy-Siberia Foundation work I had to step back from my activity from the group for the past two...
Hey guys,I was supposed to get involved a bit more with this group but I have had a hard past year. However, I did manage to write my dissertation on the...
Hi group Polish film from 1937 in the old language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8oTdj_EyC0 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8oTdj_EyC0&feature=related> ...
Ben, My instant response was thoughtless. My opinion has not changed - but I could have and should have presented it in a much more respectful manner. My...
Some weeks ago I was surprised to receive the following email from a slight acquaintance, obviously sent as a chain letter : Look at this lady - Let us never...
Hi Debby, welcome Some recent writings, to help you research, three years ago I was in the same situation as you and since then have found my mothers' family....
Dear Barbara, Thank you for taking the time to read Ben's paper. I scanned it and categorized it as a well meant, rushed, minimally researched and not...
Link from a Melbourne, Australia, article, a short history of Poland and the Kresy in English and our now recognised Polish immigrants. Truly worth reading. ...
Hello Jan, Welcome to the Kresy-Siberia site. My Mother and her family were also deported from the Lvov area. They lived in a village near Cholojowa. My Mum...
I've been challenged on a phrase: you use "wolni sylni" for "free deportees. "wolny" means free in Polish and silny means strong. (wolni, silni would be...
