Many thanks for the translation and resume John. Komi is of huge interest for me too. Best wishes, Basia (UK)...
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helen Bitner
helenbitner
Jan 25, 2013 12:22 am
Dear group To-day Krystyna Mew and I attended Halik Kochanski's lunchtime lecture at the National Army Museum London and I thought Dr. Kochanski gave an...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 12:24 am
Hi group, this is American study of Gulags for American POW, but is of interest because it names many Gulags which we would know of. Possibly an assistance...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 1:40 am
In discussion with group were the drowning of Polish Pow in White Sea discounted? According to writings, those drowned were witness to Katyn Massacre. Is this...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 1:45 am
Another theory, under heading - COMMUNIST TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR and THE SOVIET UNION AND POW'S IN WWII. This has been posted before but reference to...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 2:05 am
PART ONE DEPORTATION TO RUSSIA The tyranny and brutality of the Kaiser and the Tsar were to be repeated by Hitler and Stalin. Three million Poles were...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 2:11 am
Quote - These were the men imprisoned at Starobielsk Camp (about 4,000) and at Ostashkow Camp (about 6,000). It is customary to refer to them briefly as "the...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 2:52 am
On the sixtieth anniversary of the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens to the Gulag To the memory of countless victims of Communist...
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annapacewicz
Jan 25, 2013 2:56 am
Hi, interesting article. Note it was published in 1979 before Russia released the Katyn archives. The total number of victims for the Katyn massacres now stand...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 3:20 am
Anna, thank you for that clarification, yes very interesting how the numbers keep changing. Kind regards, Lenarda, Sydney, Australia From:...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jan 25, 2013 3:35 am
Grandfather Mikolaj Chmielewski taken by NKVD 17.12.1937 from Niwna, was one of these statistics - QUOTE ..............Number of people executed According to...
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Greg Olma
greg_olma
Jan 25, 2013 6:10 am
It's interesting although polemical. The absolute veracity of many historical assumptions should be viewed with caution....
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ryszardsys
Jan 25, 2013 10:05 am
Stan, Thank you, but no mention of my father. I think that part of the country is not in Krasnojarsk now but in another region. It was west of the city of...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jan 25, 2013 10:22 am
Dear John, Rogachev article - this article of PhD Â in historical sciences. He can not express any emotion, he often cites documents. Therefore, the remaining...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Jan 25, 2013 10:36 am
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...
