That's interesting! I wonder if perhaps Basia's university grant came from the same source, which would explain the discrepancy between what she remembers...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Aug 1, 2011 10:06 pm
You make an excellent point, Jan. Wiki is full of such distortions about Polish history - but then, many "credible"; Western historians continue to be cited to...
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thymetrax
Aug 1, 2011 10:11 pm
Witajcie further to education and Polish children during forced deportation to Syberia please visit this link and the PDF file with 29 pgs.; Domy dziecka na...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Aug 2, 2011 2:02 am
Hi Krystyna This excerpt from the digital library at Jelenia Gora in Poland turns out to be from the the source book: "Przez Sybir do Polski" Author:...
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Danuta Janina Wój...
gosford27
Aug 2, 2011 3:04 am
Over Warsaw, American C-130 Hercules, dropped leaflets encouraging Warsaw to commemorate 1 minute of silence, on the 67th anniversay of the Warsaw Uprising. ...
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Zenon Kuzik
zenon.kuzik
Aug 2, 2011 3:57 am
Drogi Zbyszku, I have to own up to an error I made when stating that there is no "English W" sound in Ukrainian. Well, actually there is something similar (I...
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thymetrax
Aug 2, 2011 4:06 am
Witaj Stefan thank you so much for taking the time to search out the rest of this book at the Digital Libary in Jelenia Gora. I can't stop reading it, might...
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Zenon Kuzik
zenon.kuzik
Aug 2, 2011 4:15 am
Krysiu, Sorry to nit-pick, but isn't this village located in Pokucie, rather than Podole? Pozdrowienia, Zenon Kuzik Nowa Zelandia ...
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thymetrax
Aug 2, 2011 4:41 am
Witaj Zeniu Yes you are correct. as a child I ask eour father where he was born and his reponse without a map and loads of fear in Poland during those years...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Aug 2, 2011 7:28 am
This requires further research to validated its accuracy. Quote - "There is an interesting article in todays Gazeta Wyborcza. In 1937 there was an "Order...
Ukrainian W sound is B......like when writing Vera.......it is spelled "Bipa".....P is r sounding. ________________________________ From: Zenon Kuzik...
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Krys Dobrzanski
krysdobrzanski
Aug 2, 2011 3:49 pm
Hi Stefan, About 3 weeks ago I paid my yearly subscription via Paypal (to K-S UK) and to date have had no acknowledgement. Can you please let me know what has...
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Zbigniew Bob Styrna
b_styrna
Aug 2, 2011 4:11 pm
Yes for sure. Russian/ukranian cyrillic have letter " B " which translates to English letter " V ", and is pronounced officisly as Englush " V " but not " W "...
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JennyS
seasidejenny
Aug 2, 2011 5:21 pm
Thanks, Lucyna - nice timing as I'm right in the middle of The Mermaid and the Messerschmidt, documenting Warsaw at the beginning of the war. Just as an aside,...
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ed Bator
edijadzia
Aug 2, 2011 5:25 pm
Krys, be patient. I just got mine, and as a surprise since I forgot about it. .Ed (s.j.) ________________________________ From: Krys Dobrzanski...
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ed Bator
edijadzia
Aug 2, 2011 5:35 pm
Zenek , shame on you. Albo durnowaty, albo watriat, moze chcesz powiedziec: " zwariowany duren" ? No, to "wsio haraszo", zeby tylko byl humor. Ale ja...
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Marisa Z.
mozeeski
Aug 2, 2011 6:27 pm
Dziekuje, Ed, I appreciate your story and it really offers me a lot of information about the way families were deported. I finally managed to speak to my...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Aug 2, 2011 8:00 pm
You're right...mind freeze this morning...B is V sounding like in Vera.....thinking of Polish spelling Wira. I remember when I started school...I was only...
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Zbigniew Bob Styrna
b_styrna
Aug 2, 2011 8:44 pm
I think probably, that Łuck train stopped at the Polish/Russian border to change gauge ? From Zbigniew's iPhone ♬ ♪ ♫ ... I think probably, that Łuck...
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Lucyna Artymiuk
lucyna_98
Aug 2, 2011 8:44 pm
Wednesday August 17, 2011 7:00-9:00 p.m. (doors open from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.) _____ Embassy of the Republic of Poland 2640 16th Street NW Washington, DC...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Aug 2, 2011 9:24 pm
My parents being new immigrants, in Australia had the same problem, the most famous blunder, was when my mom went to purchase sheets and ask for shits and they...
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Zbigniew Bob Styrna
b_styrna
Aug 2, 2011 11:02 pm
Lenarda, Polish word for angel is " Anioł " ( Aniol/, the letter L has the accent). And to pronounce it right in English it would be spelled as " Aniow ". If...
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Marisa Z.
mozeeski
Aug 2, 2011 11:04 pm
Hello Zbigniew, Yes, my father-in-law mentioned stopping at a station that started with "N" but I don't know how to spell it or where exactly it might be, but...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Aug 2, 2011 11:33 pm
This is sad, I hoped it was the one word that did not have a W sound. To me it sounds like a soft L. The entire word sounds like musical notes. Or a sneeze....
