Ewa, I hear you loud and clear and understand. In Australia, the City of Adelaide, 1980, a Polish female friend was telling me of a similar experience and...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Nov 19, 2012 2:39 pm
I checked and the closest I came to was 4999 Sczeczin. They used this number alot in regards to Sczeczin. Perhaps it is some postal thing. After my...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 19, 2012 1:48 pm
Dear Hania, OK, so I struck out with the 4999. From 1945 every major unit in the 1st and 2nd Polish Army was given a four digit number. For example: 1...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 19, 2012 1:28 pm
Dear Rich, Brilliant! Your post got me thinking. Replace "active service" with "national service" and you may have something. It would then read "A souvenir of...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 19, 2012 12:53 pm
Great job, thanks for this! Mark T. Canada ________________________________ From: Krystyna Szypowska <kms0902@...> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Andrew Stephen
livinginexile73
Nov 19, 2012 10:14 am
What a wonderful exhibition. I am glued to the pages right now Very interesting to hear the stories of the veterans who returned to Poland and the difficulties...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Nov 19, 2012 6:03 am
Sorry – but I typed the web address incorrectly. It should have only one ‘g’ at the end .... www.kresy-siberia.org Kind regards, Krystyna ... Dear Group,...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Nov 19, 2012 5:58 am
Dear Group, The “People of the Polish Second Corps” exhibition is now online, and will be formally introduced by Aneta Hoffmann at a special event in...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 19, 2012 4:18 am
Great story Exa. I hope this takes the word treason out of the discussion of some of our families. Mark T. Canada ________________________________ From: Eva...
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Eva Dryanski
ebard55
Nov 19, 2012 3:21 am
Just a few comments and family history. Four months after the last evacuation the Soviets closed Polish welfare agencies on Soviet soil. March, 1943 the...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Nov 19, 2012 2:03 am
Even with all our posts we are so very different.(facts, truths, emotions, hurts, cultural backgrounds and our personal roots of loss). I personally love being...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 19, 2012 2:02 am
How can anyone stay upset with this marvellous group? There is such a diversity of characters, knowledge and intelligence,(intelligence does not have to be...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 19, 2012 1:23 am
Hi, Mark, yes, I remember our exchange of emails. That was before I learned that my dad fought in the Polish army in the September campaign. From the writing...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 19, 2012 1:05 am
Can I say that I am most happy when Lenarda is not upset? I also want to say that the debate is outstanding to me, really helps me learn. Stan's point of view...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 10:40 pm
Mark, I thank you also and understand that the truth is unpalatable and painful, but truth is truth (it really hurts and is painful at times) and the fact that...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 9:49 pm
Dear Lenarda, No offence intended, but sometimes it is necessary to explore a few of the more unpalatable events that happened in our history. I would like to...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 9:18 pm
Anna, thank you, and yes I did get sensitive, imagining a full on brawl, but as you pointed out that during all this time the exchange has been amicable and...
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annapacewicz
Nov 18, 2012 9:03 pm
Lendarda, I understand that this is a sensitive issue. I believe that in trying to understand what happened to our families who were conscripted into the Red...
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annapacewicz
Nov 18, 2012 8:54 pm
Dear Stan, thank you for your post. It is an engrossing topic and I have enjoyed reading the exchanges between you and Mark. I would point out that yes, Anders...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 8:47 pm
Enough of the debate of Treason or Traitor. Did anyone notice (DO NOT DEBATE) we are here to research our families and not be politicians. It is bad enough...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 7:39 pm
Dear Stan, You are quite right when you said "betrayal to power does not mean betrayal to the people"... I never said it did. People who are forced by fear of...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Nov 18, 2012 6:09 pm
Dear Mark! You raised an incredibly interesting and bottomless topic treason! We must understand that betrayal to power does not mean betrayal to the people,...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 6:00 pm
Dear Rich, OK, the mist clears... a little. It's not the 3rd Armoured Battalion from 1939. We've talked about these pictures before: ...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 5:35 pm
Dear Hania, I think you will find that he was not conscripted to the Red Army, but the Polish Army under Soviet Command hence the many Polish references. The...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 5:16 pm
Dear Stan, With regards to your first point, one cannot accept the premise that if one believes something to be correct then any actions taken from that idea...
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Anne Kaczanowski
kazameena
Nov 18, 2012 5:09 pm
I had a Polish uncle who had previously served in 1915-1918 Austrian army...then Polish army 1919-1920..Infantry.....then after ended up living in Luck,...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Nov 18, 2012 4:56 pm
Dan This is illuminating! Thank you Basia Zielinska (Sydney)...
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ed Bator
edijadzia
Nov 18, 2012 4:22 pm
Dan, you gave the best explanation of the "units" organization. Many times it dependa on the "mission" of particular unit, be it a team, squad, platoon,...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Nov 18, 2012 4:18 pm
Dear Mark You are very good in terms of international law, explained difference between Anders and Berling, and I'm sitting in a warm apartment after 70 years,...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 18, 2012 3:56 pm
Mark and Dan, excellent info--thanks so much. Mark, here are links to the photo, back and front: ...
