In an article about Roman Polanski, link below, the BBC refer to an interview
given by Polanski:

"In the interview with Swiss channel TSR, Polanski also spoke of his traumatic
past, including his time spent as a Jewish child in a Polish ghetto during World
War II".

I don't know if "Polish ghetto" featured in the Swiss interview or if this is
the BBC being anti-Polish as usual. I'll be complaining and I hope that everyone
else will too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15147738

Ann Drozdowska

 

Hi Stefan

 

Thank you for the prompt. I recall visiting the Wall of Names at the beginning of my search, and saw that this was a respectful way of recognising the names and lives of 'Polish citizens who experienced persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2'. Helena hopefully is now entered on the Wall of Names. Using the analogy of a laden dinner table, she was the first person in my life, to offer the idea of seeing the good that different nations can contribute to our human experience. 

 

Kind regards

 

Maxine Kutler

Milton Keynes

England

 

 

 

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From: "stefan.wisniowski@..." <stefan.wisniowski@...>
To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 3 October, 2011 20:48:51
Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family

 

Hi Maxine

Please also see the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Wall of Names, which a good first port of call as it grows from its current approximately 35,000 names to include and cross-reference all these lists and sources over time.

At the page http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?page_id=13&lang=en&text=latyszewsk* are already listed Wlodzimierz and Zbigniew, though Helena still needs to be entered.  We encourage family, friends and researchers to enter any available information on Polish citizens who experiences persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2.

Regards

Stefan Wisniowski

Founding moderator

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
From: MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...>
Date: Tue, October 04, 2011 5:19 am
To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

 

Hi Halina

 

Thank you very much for taking the time to find such a lot of information-I really appreciate it.

 

... 

 

Maxine Kutler

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

----- Original Message -----

From: Stefan (KS) Wisniowski

To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

Cc: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:29 AM

Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Please enter people on the Wall of Names

 

Hi Maxine

We do need people to go to the Wall of Names  http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?lang=en themselves and look for people's names and add them if they are not there, and if they already are there to add more about them. This can be details of the history, photos, documents, films and even a memory or reflection as a testimonial to the person - like the one you just made!

Best regards,

Stefan Wisniowski

Sydney Australia oo

On 04/10/2011, at 8:06, MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...> wrote:

 

Hi Stefan

 

Thank you for the prompt. I recall visiting the Wall of Names at the beginning of my search, and saw that this was a respectful way of recognising the names and lives of 'Polish citizens who experienced persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2'. Helena hopefully is now entered on the Wall of Names. Using the analogy of a laden dinner table, she was the first person in my life, to offer the idea of seeing the good that different nations can contribute to our human experience. 

 

Kind regards

 

Maxine Kutler

Milton Keynes

England

 

 

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From: "stefan.wisniowski@..." <stefan.wisniowski@...>
To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 3 October, 2011 20:48:51
Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family

 

Hi Maxine

Please also see the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Wall of Names, which a good first port of call as it grows from its current approximately 35,000 names to include and cross-reference all these lists and sources over time.

At the page http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?page_id=13&lang=en&text=latyszewsk* are already listed Wlodzimierz and Zbigniew, though Helena still needs to be entered.  We encourage family, friends and researchers to enter any available information on Polish citizens who experiences persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2.

Regards

Stefan Wisniowski

Founding moderator

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
From: MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...>
Date: Tue, October 04, 2011 5:19 am
To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

 

Hi Halina

 

Thank you very much for taking the time to find such a lot of information-I really appreciate it.

 

... 

 

Maxine Kutler

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

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Witam;

Polish history in the making even through music continues;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U41nT3J3T4s&feature=related

Pozdrawiam milutko, Krystyna z Toronta

I took advantage of an earlier sale to buy a t-shirt and two mugs, one for my
office and one for home. Excellent quality, and a good way to help support the
group and raise awareness of the mission.

Thanks for offering these items!

Barbara Proko(powicz)
family roots in the Lida area

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan (KS) Wisniowski"
<stefan.wisniowski@...> wrote:
>
> Not me, the sweatshirt!
>
> Yes, I'm pleased to announce that the full range of Kresy-Siberia high quality
regular and hooded sweatshirts - which proudly display our group logo, mission
and 10-year founding date - is now available from our own webshop at 20% off the
regular price, for 5 days only.
>
> Go to:
> ttp://www.printfection.com/Kresy-Siberia
> For this, and a selection of other attractive shirts, hats cups and glasses -
all shipped anywhere in the world and all contributing to help fund our group.
>
>
>
>
>
> Starting today through Sunday, October 9th you can save 20% off all hoodies
and sweatshirts.
>
> Sale Details
>
> Dates: Today, October 6 - Sunday, October 9th
>
> Coupon Code: 20%offCold
>
> Discount: Save 20% off hoodies & sweatshirts
>
> Disclaimer:  This offer may not be combined with other offers. Coupons valid
from 10/6/2011 to 10/9/2011 11:59 pm Mountain Time
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan Wisniowski
> Sydney
>

We are updating the group's Reference Centre, www.KRESY-SIBERIA.com, which lists
relevant (1) research sources, (2) books and films, (3) links.

Now integrated into the group's Virtual Museum, www.KRESY-SIBERIA.org,  we want
to keep this the premiere "one-stop" location on the internet providing
information sources on the Kresy, the persecutions and deportations, and the
life in exile during and after World War II.

We thank member volunteers Andrew Leszkowicz (Sydney, Australia) for taking on
the web maintenance of these pages, and Krystyna Monka (Perth, Australia) for
editing the booklist.

However, your help is also needed to update the research sources, the books and
films lists, and the links.  Please send comments and suggestions to
RESEARCH@..., BOOKS@..., and LINKS@...
respectively.

Thank you in advance,

Stefan Wisniowski
Founding President and Moderator
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Hi Cynthia

Can you please let us know the name and spelling of the person you found on the
Wall of Names?

Regards
Stefan Wisniowski
Sydney, Australia

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, "Cynthia Pukiello" <cynthiapukiello22@...>
wrote:
>
> my dear Stefan
> I am so excited I hope I am correct in assuming the name I have found may be a
relative of my late husband Michal Pukelo, it is the first time i have visited
the wall of names in all my searches as I am now nearly 88 years young & just
happened to see your e-mail
> requesting  members visit the wall.
> Please, please say it is one of our family if you can soon.
> In anticipation .
> Thanks.
> Cynthia Pukiello- Polish spelling Pukelo from nephew I found in Minsk, but he
can't really answer any of my questions as you will understand.
> Kind regards.
> Cynthia Pukiello.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Stefan (KS) Wisniowski
>   To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
>   Cc: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:29 AM
>   Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Please enter people on the Wall of Names
>
>
>
>
>   Hi Maxine
>
>
>   We do need people to go to the Wall of Names 
http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?lang=en themselves and look for people's names and
add them if they are not there, and if they already are there to add more about
them. This can be details of the history, photos, documents, films and even a
memory or reflection as a testimonial to the person - like the one you just
made!
>
>
>   Best regards,
>
>   Stefan Wisniowski
>   Sydney Australia oo
>
>   On 04/10/2011, at 8:06, MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>     Hi Stefan
>
>     Thank you for the prompt. I recall visiting the Wall of Names at the
beginning of my search, and saw that this was a respectful way of recognising
the names and lives of 'Polish citizens who experienced persecution and the
struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World
War 2'. Helena hopefully is now entered on the Wall of Names. Using the analogy
of a laden dinner table, she was the first person in my life, to offer the idea
of seeing the good that different nations can contribute to our human
experience.
>
>     Kind regards
>
>     Maxine Kutler
>     Milton Keynes
>     England
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     From: "stefan.wisniowski@..." <stefan.wisniowski@...>
>     To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
>     Sent: Monday, 3 October, 2011 20:48:51
>     Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
>
>
>
>     Hi Maxine
>
>
>     Please also see the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Wall of Names, which a
good first port of call as it grows from its current approximately 35,000 names
to include and cross-reference all these lists and sources over time.
>
>
>     At the page
http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?page_id=13&lang=en&text=latyszewsk* are already
listed Wlodzimierz and Zbigniew, though Helena still needs to be entered.  We
encourage family, friends and researchers to enter any available information on
Polish citizens who experiences persecution and the struggle for freedom in
eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2.
>
>
>     Regards
>     Stefan Wisniowski
>     Founding moderator
>     SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
>
>
>       -------- Original Message --------
>       Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
>       From: MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...>
>       Date: Tue, October 04, 2011 5:19 am
>       To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>       Hi Halina
>
>       Thank you very much for taking the time to find such a lot of
information-I really appreciate it.
>
>       ...
>
>       Maxine Kutler
>       Milton Keynes
>       Buckinghamshire
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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06:34:00
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In CHILDREN IN EXILE survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as the youngest victims of the Soviet system.  These crimes against humanity have never been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states, “a crime should be called a crime.”

contact: christopher@..., chrisswider@....

----- Original Message -----

From: Stefan w

To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:17 PM

Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Re: Please enter people on the Wall of Names

 

Hi Cynthia

Can you please let us know the name and spelling of the person you found on the Wall of Names?

Regards
Stefan Wisniowski
Sydney, Australia

--- In Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com, "Cynthia Pukiello" <cynthiapukiello22@...> wrote:
>
> my dear Stefan
> I am so excited I hope I am correct in assuming the name I have found may be a relative of my late husband Michal Pukelo, it is the first time i have visited the wall of names in all my searches as I am now nearly 88 years young & just happened to see your e-mail
> requesting members visit the wall.
> Please, please say it is one of our family if you can soon.
> In anticipation .
> Thanks.
> Cynthia Pukiello- Polish spelling Pukelo from nephew I found in Minsk, but he can't really answer any of my questions as you will understand.
> Kind regards.
> Cynthia Pukiello.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stefan (KS) Wisniowski
> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:29 AM
> Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Please enter people on the Wall of Names
>
>
>
>
> Hi Maxine
>
>
> We do need people to go to the Wall of Names http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?lang=en themselves and look for people's names and add them if they are not there, and if they already are there to add more about them. This can be details of the history, photos, documents, films and even a memory or reflection as a testimonial to the person - like the one you just made!
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefan Wisniowski
> Sydney Australia oo
>
> On 04/10/2011, at 8:06, MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hi Stefan
>
> Thank you for the prompt. I recall visiting the Wall of Names at the beginning of my search, and saw that this was a respectful way of recognising the names and lives of 'Polish citizens who experienced persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2'. Helena hopefully is now entered on the Wall of Names. Using the analogy of a laden dinner table, she was the first person in my life, to offer the idea of seeing the good that different nations can contribute to our human experience.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Maxine Kutler
> Milton Keynes
> England
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> From: "stefan.wisniowski@..." <stefan.wisniowski@...>
> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, 3 October, 2011 20:48:51
> Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
>
>
>
> Hi Maxine
>
>
> Please also see the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Wall of Names, which a good first port of call as it grows from its current approximately 35,000 names to include and cross-reference all these lists and sources over time.
>
>
> At the page http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?page_id=13&lang=en&text=latyszewsk* are already listed Wlodzimierz and Zbigniew, though Helena still needs to be entered. We encourage family, friends and researchers to enter any available information on Polish citizens who experiences persecution and the struggle for freedom in eastern Poland and in forced exile associated with World War 2.
>
>
> Regards
> Stefan Wisniowski
> Founding moderator
> SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] LATYSZEWSKI Family
> From: MAXINE KUTLER <maxinekutler@...>
> Date: Tue, October 04, 2011 5:19 am
> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Hi Halina
>
> Thank you very much for taking the time to find such a lot of information-I really appreciate it.
>
> ...
>
> Maxine Kutler
> Milton Keynes
> Buckinghamshire
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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Hello everyone
Please welcome new member Kasia Kuk who is looking for help to
research her grandfather Ludwik Plesniak. He was deported from Poland
during WW2  to a labour camp and later joined the Polish Army and
fought at Monte Cassino.
Regards
Helen Bitner
Colchester UK

This may of interest to someone. It's about the Polish pilots -especially the
Turowicz husband and wife duo. These were pilots who volunteered to train and
set up Pakistani Air Force after the 1947 independance. The interviewed
"ex-students" speak very highly of their instructors; there's some old footage,
and magnificent aerial shots of the mountains which made me doubt whether our
intrepid escapees from Gulag in "The Way Back" could have crossed them.

The DVD was made by a Ms Anna Teresa Pietraszak with the help of the Polish
Embassy and three men who died in the Smolensk crash: Wladyslaw Stasia, Janusz
Kurtyk, Aleksander Szczyglo - names that may be familiar to some.
Polish narration with English subtitles.
Unfortunately, only one comment about the civilians and a current photo of the
cemetery.

If interested, contact Pani Pietraszek at parvane@...

Aniela
N.Z