On the weekend I had guests for dinner - my godfathers son Edek and his wife Helen whose parents were Ukrainian. Edek and Helen are planning to go to Poland...
The brutality of Collective Farming - http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t <http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear group! Spread Mikhail Rogachev main article about deported and arrested Poles in Komi in 1940-46 years. Very interesting, first to those who study KOMI...
Sometime ago, someone kindly found Rudnik Kamonar for me, where my father was sent to in 1940. For some reason, I cannot find any records relating to my father...
Dear All, For newer members here is a very interesting website. those of us who have been around a longer time have probably seen/downloaded it. Lots and lots...
Grandfather Mikolaj Chmielewski taken by NKVD 17.12.1937 from Niwna, was one of these statistics - QUOTE ..............Number of people executed According to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I came across an LA Times article from 1988 that I hadn't seen. Maybe some of you might have interest. I have wondered whether all the information gathered...
I am reading the recent and excellent biography of Marshal Zhukov, in the course of which the author mentions that Khruschev was the major force behind the...
Well, I went back and checked the hard drive on my PC, and found that I did save the webpage search result for Helena Bartoszewicz (the result with all the...
Hi all, Apologies if this has been posted previously, but not everyone may have seen it. Here is a link to a list of 10,607 settlers which as the file says...
Hello to All: I hope to be adding a new Maszczonski family member soon. Thanks to all who helped me with links and posting tips. I hope this reaches you at a...
Thanks to Krystyna Styrna for posting this on Facebook. Best regards Stefan Wisniowski Sydney Australia ... Thanks to Krystyna Styrna for posting this on...
Dear group Please welcome Tomasz to the group. He is researching his grandmother Deoniza Groszko from a settler family of the Kresy and Tomasz says he would...
Dear Elzuna! This information is especially for you. But I thought it would be interesting for others. It describes why and how your dad was embroiled in a...
... Further to my earlier post and the osadnicy link below, has anyone got any tips on how to best translate the article concerned?? As my Polish is extremely...
<http://www.yourlifemoments.ca/images/moments/2013/1/LFANN155109.jpg> CZERKAWSKI, Emil - Aged 87 years died at home January 17th, 2013 surrounded by family....
