The IOM did not contact many Polish forced labourers even though the germans had a list of all of these people and I myself applied for and received forced...
Can you tell me anything about this man, his book, and his website? http://www.s-ciesielski.com/start.html I was struck by this, forwarded to me by a deportee:...
Dear Dan, Another can of worms opened... he is one of the new wave of writers who has questioned the old figure for deporatations. His home page is: ...
That's interesting! Ellis Island as an immigration inspection and quarantine station was closed at least by the 1920s. My father "came over" in 1927 with a...
Julian, Thankyou. I will buy it. All the best, Basia (UK) ... Julian, Thankyou. I will buy it. All the best, Basia (UK) On 31 Jan 2012, at 23:40, Julian Plowy...
Could you explain to an American what an honours degree entails? I have a friend who changed midway through university to an honours program, with the result...
The Oxford English dictionary defines holocaust as 1) a sacrifice by fire, 2) a large-scale sacrifice, 3) a great slaughter, especially by fire, and only then...
Yes, but the term "The Holocost" has come to mean this particular genocide. I is without denial I think, the definitive example of systematic elimination of a...
Dear Dan, I blame Richard of Devizes who gave us the term in its metaphorical sense in 1189: Now in the year of our Lord's incarnation 1189, Richard, the son...
Hi I have a BA(Hons) in History from a UK university and the with honours is exactly the same as summa cum laude or magna cum laude. Just we do not use the...
(And thank you for the 12th century holocaust reference! Of course the English were into burning heretics at the stake, so the fire connection might well have...
Danuta, Yes, that is exactly what I am stating. In the most recent settlements from countries or corporations, ethnic Poles were totally excluded from...
My father Konstanty did in fact receive some small compensation as a slave worker some 20 odd years ago. I think many either did not know or did not want to go...
Shut down, yes, but after 1924, it was a detention and deportation center. As Wikipedia explains: "After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed, which greatly...
I have a question for historians who know about birth and marriage certificates under Russian occupation of Poland. I have a photocopy of my great-grandparents...
Paul, The Karta index lists those deported to Nucht Oziero. To see them just go to http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/pl/wyszukiwanie.jsp go to "wyszukiwanie w...
Well actually there were some tidbits of compensation.....and tidbits they were....for the ones put into forced labour by Germans into then occupied...
Dear group, one of the sources for my grandfather Jan Pacewicz who was executed in the Katyn massacre (Ukraine List) refers to the UNKWD: /2238/ PACEWICZ Jan...
Dear Anna, The U is probably "Ukrainian"... NKWD would be the Polish for NKVD. If youn transliterate the Russian into Polish, that's what you come up with:...
Mark, thank you. Of course, you must be right. I can't believe I hadn't worked that out because in the same context NKWD ZSSR translates to NKVD USSR... silly...
Dear Paul and Janusz, "Maybe Mark Ostrowski can point you to the web pages where these children essays are located - I've not managed to work out how to ...
Hi Anna and reference othersŁ The Soviet NKVD had branches in each of the USSR's oblasts (provinces) and/or republics. These local units were all called...
Hello Dan I know that the qualification for various degrees differs in the US. The South African system traditionally followed the British system, but I do not...
Dear John, How particularly galling that Dzhugashvili's case is being heard by a court in Tver - the very same city where over six thousand Polish prisoners (a...
Dear Danielle, I am absolutely thrilled that I have found a kindred spirit concerning the vile substance given the innocuous moniker, "Vegemite"! ... ...
