Dear Lenarda, I am in awe at the depth and breadth of your research. You have, in this post, provided the explanation to what befell my grandfather's brother...
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Cracow Krakow based
rhl18
Jul 1, 2012 9:05 am
Has anyone come across any books or academic research of official British government military or diplomatic reports about this. I keep on thinking There was an...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 1, 2012 9:13 am
Basia, what we speak of in group, is now officially written and the information is out there now. All this Wiki stuff is recent. How many years did we all...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 1, 2012 9:15 am
Richard, this is so true and what about the Americans, who were tricked to go and work in Russia and then could not get out. This also would be a story. ...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 1, 2012 9:55 am
There is a book, The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Gulag, by Tim Tzouliades. My notes are here: http://www.warbirdforum.com/foresake.htm The...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 1, 2012 10:08 am
Thank you Dan This is the one, This topic, I remember being discussed in group, it shows that no one was truly aware of Stalin's real treachery. Regards, ...
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petermuskus
Jul 1, 2012 5:15 pm
Yes Wladyslaw was an officer in 1920, could easily have crossed to the German zone, but refused to be intimidated. He was not arrested until 6th January, in...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 1, 2012 8:32 pm
Oh indeed, the April deportees were precisely the families (fairly widely define, as it turned out, though Beria was fairly specific about it) of those...
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annapacewicz
Jul 1, 2012 10:40 pm
Just to second Dan - that is exactly right. My grandfather was killed at Katyn and the rest of the family deported on 13th April 1940 as family of...
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stefan.wisniowski@...
skwisniowski
Jul 1, 2012 10:41 pm
Following is a terrific story regarding our Indian links, from the June 2012 Bulletin of the Association of Poles in India 1942-1948. Regards Stefan Wisniowski...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 2, 2012 12:28 am
Stefan, thank you for sharing this. amazing how knowledge on your part, because of the formation of KS. Group would lead to a reunion such as this. the...
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anabella loy
relativ79
Jul 2, 2012 3:26 am
Thanks a lot. anabella ________________________________ De: "stefan.wisniowski@..." <stefan.wisniowski@...> Para: Kresy-Siberia...
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Julek
julek2205
Jul 2, 2012 4:07 am
OFF TOPIC a look at Poland and its poets after WW2 through its poets Our Life in Poetry: Post-War Polish Poets ...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Jul 2, 2012 10:58 pm
Please welcome Simon to the group. He says he went to Rowno, Ukraine to try to locate his mother's house. She, Maria Wozniak, is now 86 years old was taken...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 3, 2012 12:23 am
Hello Simon and welcome to group. The closest to getting a pre 1939 map of Rowne, was from Strony O Wolyniu, here is the link...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 3, 2012 12:49 am
Hi Group, My apologies if you know of these maps and have seen them before, but for the recent members, they would be a treasure trove. So many maps, good ...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 3, 2012 1:06 am
The NKVD guy that testified (name escapes me at the moment) described the execution process at Kiev prison like this: Large noisy fans were turned on to...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Jul 3, 2012 1:56 am
Hi Lenarda Thank you again. I am filing at the moment, busy teaching school holiday art! Then back to the archival treasures to put together more pieces. Warm...
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wroblew705
Jul 3, 2012 7:20 am
Would anyone know what amenities were available to Polish personnel who were stationed near Cairo. I know the British had NAAFI, cinemas, churches, clubs, ...
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george.marczak
Jul 3, 2012 9:37 am
Amazing I've previously found the Polish 1925 maps of the villages around my fathers Osada but never a map that actually shows it - until now. The WIG 1:25 000...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 3, 2012 10:40 am
George, this is amazing so happy for you. Lenarda Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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simon kopij
kopijs@...
Jul 3, 2012 12:29 pm
Hello Lenarda, Thank you for the link to the maps. It's more detailed than what I have seen to date but not detailed enough to lea to me to mum's place. Mum...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 3, 2012 2:54 pm
Where did you see/hear/read this? (I am fanatical about checking sources!) Thanks - -- Dan Ford, New Hampshire USA...
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Zosia King
eos_contract
Jul 3, 2012 5:18 pm
Hello, I am still trying to find where my fathers family are from as it would be lovely to meet them. Â Antoni kindly emailed me (in April 2007) the Karta...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Jul 3, 2012 5:42 pm
Hello Zosia I see that Tadeus Jasinski on the attached extract from the List of Polish citizens likely to appear on the so-called. Belorussian Katyn has a...
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JanZ
zajaczkowski...
Jul 3, 2012 6:08 pm
Simon, Have you used the Geneology Indexer? eg here is a phone book entry and address for Kino Zafrana in Rowne. Kino Zafrana -...
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JanZ
zajaczkowski...
Jul 3, 2012 6:19 pm
Zosia, Karta has a few entries for the sons of Konstanty Jasinski: http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/pl/szczegoly.jsp?id=71730 ...
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Elizabeth Olsson
elzuniao
Jul 3, 2012 6:23 pm
What was your mother’s name? more info please. There were 25 families at Hallerowka/ Tynne Hallerówka Bobrowski Bochenski Bocheńska Bocheński Bonkowicz ...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 3, 2012 6:48 pm
Joseph Czapski, in The Inhuman Land, tells the story of Berling suggesting in October 1940 that an army could be raised from the Polish prisoners at Starobelsk...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jul 3, 2012 7:33 pm
"Bolhaja oshibka" means big mistake. Merkulov implicitly recognizes that people have been killed. The word "mistake" in mouths of NKVDgeneral, after stopped...
