Dear members! Recently we announced that the Kresy-Siberia Shop was now open, selling high quality tee-shirts and drinkware with our distinctive "torn eagle"...
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Wanda Sawicki
pielgrzymka96
Sep 5, 2011 5:25 pm
Thanks, Stefan! I haven't looked at the K-S site for a long time...looks like they've been busy. I'm glad they have this store. i don't think I'd wear the...
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JennyS
seasidejenny
Sep 5, 2011 6:11 pm
Hi Chris, If I've got your question right, passage was paid for by the Central Polish Resettlement Office. Where did their full or partial funds come from...
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Chris Gniewosz
cgniewosz
Sep 5, 2011 6:48 pm
Thank you Jenny, The quote you provided by Roman Skulski implies the Central Polish Resettlement Office provided passage. This is the closest I have learned ...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Sep 5, 2011 8:17 pm
From England, don’t know who paid. My mother in law, travelled Anatoly – Siberia- Africa – England (where she got married) – Australia, the rest of...
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gcorkeron
Sep 5, 2011 10:19 pm
Chapter 6 of "The General Langfitt Story: Polish Refugees Recount Their Experiences of Exile, Dispersal and Resettlement"...
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beemail27@...
barb_soja_re...
Sep 6, 2011 1:25 am
I'm so glad you finally decided to do this, Stefan! I want to order a shirt for myself, but I don't know what size. How does European women's sizes compare...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Sep 6, 2011 2:06 am
Hi Barb These are all US sizes, shipped from Colorado! So go ahead and order your size 10/mediums. There is also a sizing guide (see tabs) when you click on...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Sep 6, 2011 2:43 am
With just over 3 hours to go before this "free shipping" or "save $20" promotion sale ends, we have already sold 44 Kresy-Siberia logo items, raising $218...
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JennyS
seasidejenny
Sep 6, 2011 5:20 am
Hi Chris, Gerard, The Multicultural Canada website mentions the British govt providing passage (paid for or ?): "From September 1939 to mid-1944 Poland was...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Sep 6, 2011 5:29 am
Dear group members I am sharing the 14-year old message below from our group member Graham Sanders, because I have just found a couple of copies of his...
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Andrew Stephen
livinginexile73
Sep 6, 2011 9:08 am
That is a great book! To: kresy-siberia@yahoogroups.com; 300PolishSquadron@yahoogroups.com From: stefan.wisniowski@... Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011...
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Barbara Dunleavy
barbaraszcze...
Sep 6, 2011 10:41 am
Thank you for the information Stefan. I have just successfully ordered my copy and am excited to have managed to get one. I have also just purchased ''An...
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Barbara Dunleavy
barbaraszcze...
Sep 6, 2011 10:45 am
Sorry Andrew - I meant to post a message to Stefan and sent it to you instead. I am now doubly glad that I managed to get a copy after what you said about...
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Krystyna Mew
krystynamew
Sep 6, 2011 10:56 am
' An army in Exile' is an absolutely brilliant book. General Anders really was an amazing person! You will enjoy it, I'm sure. Krystyna Mew S.W. France ...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Sep 6, 2011 11:19 am
General Anders's book is very much worth having. Of course he wrote it early, so some of his information is off. He hugely underestimates the extent of the...
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Krystyna Mew
krystynamew
Sep 6, 2011 12:05 pm
I found Anders book particularly valuable because whilst reading my father's diary, which obviously is dated, I was able to read what was actually happening...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Sep 6, 2011 5:47 pm
In 1956, the British Ministry of Education published a booklet about its seven-year program to support the education of Polish servicemen and civilians. The UK...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Sep 6, 2011 6:36 pm
Information regarding the difficult and exploitive experiences of Anders Army vets in Canada can be found in the book “Powojenne Wiatry” by William B....
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Amelia Remmert
aremmert...
Sep 6, 2011 7:08 pm
Hi All My dad, a soldier at the beginning of WWII and imprisoned in numerous places in Russia, eventually landed in Siberia. After the big release, he...
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George Neisser
george.neiss...
Sep 7, 2011 2:54 pm
Hi Dan, I have a book by Stachura called 'The Poles in Britain 1940 - 2000, From Betrayal to Assimilation' It is avaialble from Amazon from around 30 British...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Sep 7, 2011 4:01 pm
Yes, that's the one. In the US the paperback is about $50, so that's in line with the British price. ...
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JennyS
seasidejenny
Sep 7, 2011 5:02 pm
Hi Amy, there's something quite wonderful about the contrast of having transcribed post-it notes on a world odyssey and your mother's part in valuing your...
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AtticusFinch1048@...
atticusfinch...
Sep 7, 2011 5:16 pm
Saying that about parachute squares in the pocket - my Grandad was a Polish Paratrooper and was at Operation Market Garden and on the 50 year anniversary he...
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Alex
alexandraweldon
Sep 7, 2011 6:40 pm
I was very moved and inspired by "Army in Exile". To me Anders' leadership, integrity and personal charisma are made almost tangible in his writings. My...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Sep 8, 2011 11:55 am
Group please welcome Rebecca to the group. She is interested in learning more about the experiences of others like her grandmother who suffered deportation...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Sep 8, 2011 12:51 pm
Rebecca, here is a very affecting article about the Poles coming to Persia (Iran): http://www.parstimes.com/history/polish_refugees/exodus_russia.html Blue...
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Krys Dobrzanski
krysdobrzanski
Sep 8, 2011 2:01 pm
This ynet story has been sent to you by Krys Dobrzanski I just wondered if anyone had heard about this? Article title: Lieberman asked to help save Lviv...
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JennyS
seasidejenny
Sep 8, 2011 2:48 pm
He must have been in his 70's or 80's! Pretty brave way to commemorate the war. Cheers, Jenny...
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AtticusFinch1048@...
atticusfinch...
Sep 8, 2011 2:53 pm
yeah he was 75 at the time - as he was 18 at the outbreak of war when he was fighting in the Polish corridor and something I noticed on his record that he was...
