Rys, Now posiolok Kommunar - is in Respublika Hakassia, Shirinskiy rajon, Kommunarski selsovet. Coordinates 54.335975, 89.292583 (Google). Center of Hakassia -...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jan 25, 2013 1:04 pm
Yes Stan, thanks. I believe that if Hitler had a heart attack and died in 1939, and the nazis cancelled the invasion of Poland, my family would still be dead...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 25, 2013 3:34 pm
Thanks for posting this, Lenarda. I don't know how I missed it earlier, since it was published in my own Canadian back yard five years ago. Perhaps the title...
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martin stepek
martinstepek
Jan 25, 2013 5:29 pm
Hi everyone An ex-Polish Consul General in Edinburgh sent me this link to a lecture which was held in Warsaw. Not sure if the group has come across this - or...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 9:18 pm
John, you and group are most welcome, happy to help. Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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Mary-Anne Morgan
mamorgan_14
Jan 26, 2013 9:18 am
Hi all I wonder if anyone is able to help me find the edition of EXODUS deportacje I Migracje (watek Wschodni) stan I perspektywy Badan which has a section...
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ryszardsys
Jan 26, 2013 9:19 am
I don't want to sound anti-Jewish here, mainly because I have no direct experience of what happened but just the words of my family. A few weeks before 10th...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jan 26, 2013 10:08 am
Ryszard! Theme is really very complicated. Red Army, which invaded Kresy, most Jews greeted as liberators. This was a lot of memories of children and adult...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 26, 2013 10:09 am
Rys, history is very complex, you are correct and we have to tread delicately here, as there are good and bad on both sides and the puppet master Stalin, knew...
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skwisniowski
Jan 26, 2013 10:25 am
Dear members It can not be denied that many of the ethnically non-Polish residents of Kresy sided against the ethnically Polish residents during the war. T...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jan 26, 2013 2:02 pm
Stan, Rys, thanks. Interesting story about Stalin collaborating with the police. His character doesnt improve with each thing you learn about him. I get the...
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ryszardsys
Jan 26, 2013 2:15 pm
As I said, my mt-DNA shows a 97% match for Ashkanazi Jew, so I cannot be accused of racism or religious prejudice. My dad tells how the Russian soldier told...
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Janusz Maciuba
jmaciuba
Jan 26, 2013 5:29 pm
http://www.polartcenter.com/ The Polish Arts Center ships out of Florida. I ordered a Polish Army helmet and it was shipped promptly. They carry many books...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 26, 2013 8:15 pm
Stefan, I agree fully Good explanation given Regards, Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 26, 2013 8:41 pm
Rys, all truthful knowledge, like yours, which is fact, is research for us. Never be afraid to speak about the facts, it is how we react to this knowledge...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 26, 2013 10:05 pm
I wonder if terms might be contributing to a lot of confusion, and not just in this forum. Writing on a related topic here recently, I felt twisted into knots...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 27, 2013 12:04 am
John, well written, so much for thinking about, I salute you. Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jan 27, 2013 12:11 am
Well, that in my opinion is to distort the history of inter-war Poland, because ethnicity trumped citizenship in many people's minds. It was their ethnicity...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jan 27, 2013 1:07 am
It is almost worse for the people who survived and had to live with that. I cant imagine it. Mark T. Canada ________________________________ From: ryszardsys...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jan 27, 2013 1:11 am
Thanks John, very well articulated and very important information for those of us who dont understand it all. I appreciate your time. Mark T. Canada ...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 27, 2013 1:15 am
Dan, the Bialorussians, (the word bialy, bialo, meaning white) were they under Polish control? Or were they a separate entity and if so then in Bialorus there...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jan 27, 2013 1:16 am
Rys, I also want to say that when reading your article, I thought it was good that you had a place to tell it to people who would appreciate it. That to me was...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 27, 2013 2:32 am
Rys, keep posting, as Mark has said, you do this in a very amicable way, it is good to hear story from witness, direct or indirect through parentage. Not all...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 27, 2013 4:34 am
Hi group, very interesting document and study of Ejszyszki - Wilno - Belorus (forgive my spelling of Bialorus/Belorus, how do you spell it? suppose it depends...
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alphadea
Jan 27, 2013 7:56 am
As I read the posts I am always aware that ethnic definitions are not as clear as they are made out to be. My ancesters, as many others, are a mixture of...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jan 27, 2013 8:12 am
For tis time, totally agree with you, John. Not much to add. Stan from M. ________________________________ From: Dan Ford <cub06h@...> To:...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 27, 2013 8:21 am
Hi John Life is not really as simple as we might sometimes wish. As you pointed out, political countries do not always totally or even partially define...
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ryszardsys
Jan 27, 2013 8:33 am
I think this "ethnicity" thing is a bit of a red-herring. My dads family - All Polish, all catholic, the only ones deported were my granddads side who were...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jan 27, 2013 8:36 am
Those Belarusians who became Catholic, began to call themselves Poles (this was in 21-39 and before KRESY), but the features of writing names confirms...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Jan 27, 2013 4:11 pm
Thank you to everyone who posted such thought-provoking contributions on the topic of Polish ethnicity vs. citizenship. In the immortal words of the great...
