It's stunning isn't it Jozek. I too am relatively new (2 months) and am totally astounded at what I have been able to find out about my father. Basia Zielinska...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Jun 1, 2012 7:30 am
Hi Mark If I may add just an opinion rather than adding information as so many learned fellow Kresy Group do. It is mind boggling indeed, from every aspect and...
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ryszardsys
Jun 1, 2012 7:32 am
Barbara (and all who found my dad's recounts amusing), I have to say that we all try to find facts about where they came from, what they went through and where...
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Krystyna Mew
krystynamew@...
Jun 1, 2012 8:30 am
Hi John Here is the relevant excerpt from my fathers book. I've included the bits before and after as well for context. "Blagoveshchensk 7th August 1942 As...
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henrykter
Jun 1, 2012 8:31 am
Anybody interested in this area - Polonia Archangielsk, on facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001856527556 have posted photos from...
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george.marczak
Jun 1, 2012 8:45 am
My folks were sent to Specposiolek Bierdyszycha near Litvinovo in February 1940. It's by the Vychegda river approx. 100 km north east of Kotlas which was the...
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DAnielle Meyer
danielle.aug...
Jun 1, 2012 8:46 am
Would they not be too hungry to play? Great spirit still cannot replace the need to eat. I was under the impression they were very hungry. In fact not wanting...
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DAnielle Meyer
danielle.aug...
Jun 1, 2012 8:53 am
thank you krystyna.. I am sure I am not alone when i tell you that I imagined my gradfather on this same boat and possibly thinking very similar thoughts.. ...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jun 1, 2012 10:09 am
Magnificent, Krystyna. Your father gives lots of delicious detail about conditions, and his feelings give us a glimpse into the thoughts others undoubtedly had...
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Stephanie Reeve
reevecape2
Jun 1, 2012 1:44 pm
Hello - I just noticed this thread regarding the Lwow Military School. My father too was in the Jozef Pilsudski Military Academy in Lwow. He was not there long...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jun 1, 2012 3:27 pm
Thank you Lenarda for information. Can not say anything about it. For me, it is important to break through darkness enveloped memory of my grandfather. ...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jun 1, 2012 4:14 pm
Very interesting, Lenarda! It may indeed be some relatives living in Wolyn! But main branch of the exact - near Iwieniec. Now I'll post photo in my portfolio...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jun 1, 2012 4:20 pm
Hi, Mark! In July I will go to Lwiv, including , my cousin lives there, my father buried there. If you say the number of school, and even better - the address,...
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Mark Turkiewicz
turkiewiczm
Jun 1, 2012 4:31 pm
Thanks Basia. Certainly the impact of all that I have recently learned is humbling, but is also a great source of pride in my heritage. Like others...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Jun 1, 2012 4:40 pm
Hello Stan, There were also other reasons why our parents in the West did not talk about these experiences: 3) They were specifically told by the Western...
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Mark Turkiewicz
turkiewiczm
Jun 1, 2012 4:51 pm
Thanks Stan In Przemysl, my dad went to St. Konarskiego from 1931-37 and Morawskiego from 1937-40 when deported. In Grodek-Jagiellonski, my grandfather...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jun 1, 2012 8:00 pm
Interesting new information about SevZelDorLag, Arhangelsk-Komi. Elzuna, I can draw way your father. Stan...
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Eva
eszegidewicz
Jun 1, 2012 8:32 pm
Dear Group, I am pleased to announce that, after a lot of hard work and sleepless nights by our IT team in Warsaw plus help from members around the globe, the...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jun 1, 2012 9:32 pm
Stan, You are most welcome, we as a group exist to help each other. Another reason for not speaking of the past, like my mother from Zhitomir Region, she was...
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halinamcd
Jun 1, 2012 10:07 pm
Dear Group Could someone please put me in contact with Zbigniew Pecak, born in osada Bortnica and now living in Canada? He is the author of the map of Osada...
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Eva Dryanski
ebard55
Jun 1, 2012 10:24 pm
Hi Dan, You may have solved a family mystery. My parents were deported April 13, 1940 from Lwow. My father was arrested at the home of his father in...
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Eva Dryanski
ebard55
Jun 2, 2012 1:37 am
Hello, My Dad was from Lwow but completed "Korpus Kadetow Rawicz". His mother passed away when he was 5 and as a result he spent many years in boarding...
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l.blazejowska
Jun 2, 2012 6:28 am
Dear Yona If you do a search of Dzambul on the Yahoo Group site you will see some references including one person whose family member was there. Louise...
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l.blazejowska
Jun 2, 2012 7:22 am
Hi Stephanie & All There are records which I will post up when I can find where I have saved them. I don't have my Lwow maps as I have loaned them to someone...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jun 2, 2012 9:25 am
A wonderful letter. Thanks so much! I particularly enjoyed your comment on the automobiles, especially the dashboard, just the sort of thing that high-school...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jun 2, 2012 1:37 pm
http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/101485,Maharaja-honoured-with-Warsaw-plaza Maharaja honoured with Warsaw plaza 02.06.2012 13:26 A maharaja who provided a...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jun 2, 2012 1:40 pm
http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/101425,No-penalty-for-hammer-and-sickle-says-sport-minister No penalty for hammer and sickle, says sport minister ...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Jun 2, 2012 1:50 pm
Hi George So far I have not been successful via Karta, at least I thought I was but when they tried at MOD to look my father up they were unable to find him,...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Jun 2, 2012 2:22 pm
Thank you for posting this, John. I’m happy to say that members of the Kresy-Siberia Foundation participated in this event. Kind regards, Krystyna ... ...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Jun 2, 2012 2:43 pm
For the very first time I've seen my father-in-law's name on an official list. Antoni has helped me so much in my fruitless searches to date. Adolf, the focus...
