Thank you to Tadeusz Dobrostanski for obtaining an address to reach Andrzej Wajda in Poland. (not even 6 degrees of separation). Now, Laura and group, how do...
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Paul Havers
haverp
Mar 27, 2003 9:58 am
We could always approach him with a high view idea and let him see what he thinks If it's doable he should let us know, then we'll need to think of other ...
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goodmanmedia
Mar 27, 2003 11:40 am
From my experience of working on the outskirts of the film industry, if Andrzej Wajda is already at the stage of publicly announcing his plans to make this...
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Bjproko@...
gierniki
Mar 27, 2003 12:46 pm
... Halina, Thanks for introducing this question. I've traced my family lines (Prokopowicz, Rus~c~, Blaszko, Bogdan, Bowszys, Zubrzycki, Nowogrodzki, ...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Mar 27, 2003 1:08 pm
You all probably know this, but if you don't, from North to South, the easternmost provinces (wojewódstwa) of the 2nd Polish republic (1919-1945) were: -...
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John Roy
janekroy
Mar 27, 2003 1:50 pm
Can any one help? ... From: "Krystine Tomaszyk" <tomaszkc@...> To: "JohnRoy" <polish@...> Subject: Fw:...
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W.S.Czapski
czapski@...
Mar 27, 2003 2:18 pm
Znalazlem w ewidencji osob z INDII - Rycerz Helena 10.10,1929 nr ewidencyjny 2289 - Rycerz Maria 5.11,1925 2290 Byly przed...
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John Roy
janekroy
Mar 27, 2003 2:34 pm
Dzieki. John Roy-Wojciechowski Honorary Consul,Republic of Poland 51 Granger Road, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand Phone 649 5344670 Fax 649 5354068 e-mail...
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John Roy
janekroy
Mar 27, 2003 2:39 pm
Dzieki John Roy-Wojciechowski Honorary Consul,Republic of Poland 51 Granger Road, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand Phone 649 5344670 Fax 649 5354068 e-mail...
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Michael Kulik
iteekulik
Mar 27, 2003 3:41 pm
Hi Darren: My great grandmother, Michalina Spitkowska (born 1855?), married into the Chmielewski family sometime in the 1870/80's. They had a small holding of...
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Halina Szulakowska
halina_szulakowska@...
Mar 27, 2003 7:02 pm
Hi Barbara, The Szulakowski family are Poleszuki - near to Pinsk. I've only really just begun to look at this side of the family. Unfortunately, my father died...
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John Roy
janekroy
Mar 27, 2003 8:03 pm
Real Poles come from Polesie. John Roy-Wojciechowski Honorary Consul,Republic of Poland 51 Granger Road, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand Phone 649 5344670 Fax...
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 27, 2003 8:51 pm
Stefan - With this new string, perhaps now is a good time for the poll I wrote you about recently regarding birthplaces of the group's grandparents or parents?...
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 27, 2003 9:49 pm
Hi Barbara - I assumed the same as you did--that all my family's documents, photos, etc., were destroyed during the War. My father did not have any early...
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 27, 2003 10:02 pm
Barbara: I forgot to say that my dziadek burned all his children's birth documents (and my grandmother's?) because two of them escaped prior to deportation....
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 27, 2003 10:08 pm
Is the Katyn movie of Wajda's going to be in Polish? Does Wajda speak English? Eve...
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John Mahoney
jpsama2003
Mar 28, 2003 1:57 am
How do you get the tapes? Do you have the tapes from Brody? Do you look for other names from the Kresy group? My father was born in Rsezsowianka, near Brody....
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LAURA WOLSKI
MLWOL@...
Mar 28, 2003 5:01 am
Hi Eve, Wajda has produced mostly historical films & each one of these has been in Polish so I suspect the Katyn film will be also. He was forced to move to...
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b.davoust
bdavoust2
Mar 28, 2003 7:33 am
Somewhere in my files I have info on a research service with access to the Old Imperial St.Petersburg archives. Do you want me to have a look for that? Yes,...
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b.davoust
bdavoust2
Mar 28, 2003 8:01 am
Hello Barbara, My mother's family roots are in Western Belarus. In fact, when I read your mail, one of the names rang a bell, so I checked -- my...
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eve5j
Mar 28, 2003 1:56 pm
Hi Basia, I should have said that all my father's siblings except the two youngest were born in Sassow. Although Brody powiat has tapes that are quite old,...
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eve5j
Mar 28, 2003 2:45 pm
Hello Mark and Group - If the film is in Polish, it really won't help us, will it? Who am I to tell Pan Wajda what his subject matter should be, but most...
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Paul Havers
haverp
Mar 28, 2003 2:53 pm
I've dealt with the Archive agency that the Lwow Archives passed me on to as according to them that's how it had to be done quite possibly a commission thingy....
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Halina Szulakowska
halina_szulakowska@...
Mar 28, 2003 4:10 pm
John, I spent yesterday in the British Library in London, reading a fantastic book about the Polesie - if I could have, I would have stolen it! If anybody can ...
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Donald Dudley
ddbuffalo
Mar 28, 2003 4:17 pm
Would English subtitles be okay? dd ... --...
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LAURA WOLSKI
MLWOL@...
Mar 28, 2003 4:41 pm
Hello Eve, I think at this stage any film in any language dealing in the issues pertinent to our group has to be commended. Films & documentaries that deal...
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Graham Sanders
mediaevalman
Mar 28, 2003 5:57 pm
I'm sorry to disagree, but most people who would regularly pass for 'well-informed' have NEVER heard of Katyn, and what would end up as being distributed as a...
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Eve5J@...
eve5j
Mar 28, 2003 7:51 pm
Graham - You are correct, of course. I had a particular relative in mind from my husband's side of the family, not mine, when I wrote that. He had never ...
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b.davoust
bdavoust2
Mar 28, 2003 9:02 pm
HI group, the more I read about this projected movie, the more hopeless it sounds! I had already thought that a film about a Polish experience (Katyn, for...
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eve5j
Mar 29, 2003 4:56 am
Barbara - Sorry, I disagree. The main reason the film was brought up to begin with was to inform the world, the average Joe, who never saw "The English...
