Of the thirty-eight individuals I interviewed for my research, a large number recalled encountering on their arrival Ukrainians, Poles, and others (e.g....
Dear group members, While this is not exactly concerned with the Soviet persecution of Polish citizens, it is clearly related as an associated story. Also,...
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,...
... Halina, Thanks for introducing this question. I've traced my family lines (Prokopowicz, Rus~c~, Blaszko, Bogdan, Bowszys, Zubrzycki, Nowogrodzki, ...
Hi Barb and Vyto Having read your suggested article with great interest, I found the e mail address of the gentleman that wrote it and have just sent him an e...
Stefan, Yes, these Poles were from Minsk according to the book, and it was the 1930s. I forgot to include the date in my post. The thing that I found...
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...
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...
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....
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?...
Dear Group: Currently I am reading Stalin's Ethnic Cleansing in Eastern Poland: Tales of the Deported 1940 - 1946. In my opinion, this is an extremely...
Hello all - I have traced all my Dziadek's lines back to a minimum of 1750 in Cerekiew, Bochnia. At least one branch of his family moved to Lukowiec Zurowski,...
Just something of interest: John Guzlowski who did some poetry reading at a showing of A Forgotten Odyssey in Washington last June had one of his poems...
Please pardon the intrusion, especially if you are not a Microsoft Windows user. Most virus warnings on the internet are hoaxes, but this one passed on by a...
Dear Group, Further to a previous e-mail and after some discussion, I feel that one of the important pieces of information regarding our mutual history, is the...
Hello, Please un-subscribe me as I am on vacation effective 26th. I will re-connect when I return on April 9th. Your group has been a great help to me in my...
I also met Chris through his website in early 2001. During my first read of his site, I went to bed at 4:30 a.m. His site is simply superb. I learned a lot...
SPECIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP It is with heavy heart that I write this special message in memory of group member Chris Gladun, who died...
Re: [Kresy-Siberia] Andrzej Wajda Film Hi everyone Since receiving my uncle's story I have come up with lots of questions which I am waiting and hoping that he...
My father was deported in 1940 with all his family from poland. He stayed at a camp in siberia he tells me the address was as follows: molotowska oblassc ...
I am pleased to pass you all this translation by Boguslaw Trella, head of the Sybiracy in the State of Victoria, Australia. This article describing the...
check out: www.archiwa.gov.pl/internet/link4.eng.html look under "other" for "Contents at Hoover Institute....", then in the right column look under Anders...
Henryk It is possible to export Access into HTML language, which can then be posted on a website. Can I ask whether anybody in the group is up to speed with...
To all, I do not often post to the site but, as I read the postings, continue to be astounded, grateful and encouraged by all of the interest, time and passion...
Hello all, If anyone is coming to the Bay Area (California), make sure you visit this exhibit: Leonardo de Vinci and the Splendor of Poland, March 8 through...
