Frances, Yes isn't amazing so many cross-overs! Do you remember when we first met at the Polish Club in Ashfield. Would we have believed then that our father's...
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Tony Konieczny
datology...
Mar 8, 2013 8:19 am
Dear All It is so rare to see SevZelDorLag in group correspondence that I felt compelled to respond with one jigsaw piece. My father, Stanislaw Konieczny,...
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Barbara Milligan
basia5milligan
Mar 8, 2013 7:30 am
My paternal grandfather had to apply for my grandmother's return from Bijsk and prove that he had the money to keep her. Needless to say it cost him a lot ! ...
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danadler2007
Mar 8, 2013 4:46 am
Yes, I saw your amazing story in the archive! My mother's family was there later, 40-41. I'll let you know if I find out any more information. -Dan NY, USA...
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danadler2007
Mar 8, 2013 3:57 am
I was told specifically Lena. I see that it forks off from Yeniseij. Do you know of any connection of that river and Sverrdlovsk? Thanks, -Dan...
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danadler2007
Mar 8, 2013 3:50 am
Elzunia, If you need it on windows, use bullzip: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php It installs as a printer driver and lets you print a subset of...
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strangerbdazled
Mar 8, 2013 2:38 am
Hi Mark, I think we were embarking on the 12 of August, 1942. Upon our arrival to Krasnovodsk we spent two days and nights on a large area under terrible sun....
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strangerbdazled
Mar 8, 2013 1:58 am
Thank you, Michael, for the interesting email. I would like to add to this the fate of the Poles left in the Soviet Russia after our departure in 1942. It is...
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stephen.stelmaszuk@...
stephen.stel...
Mar 7, 2013 10:44 pm
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Mar 7, 2013 10:37 pm
Michael, this is where my mother is from, born 1924 after the Riga Treaty of 1921, in Janinowka then moved to Niwna 60k from Slucz River and 30k from ...
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Carol Clements
caz2ukuk
Mar 7, 2013 10:16 pm
Yes someone found him for me on Karta. He was under the surname of Meldun not Mieldun. Granddad and Tad were in the barracks in a little town in Lancashire....
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Elzunia/Elizabeth Gra...
elzuniao
Mar 7, 2013 10:02 pm
yes, I see T Wojcik in several photos but the name doesn't ring a bell. The saperzy had many get-togethers after the war during my childhood so I do recognise...
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m.kulik@...
m.kulik...
Mar 7, 2013 9:39 pm
I have just finished the above book which was a fascinating read and which will be of some considerable interest to others. The place referred to in the title...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Mar 7, 2013 8:50 pm
John very raw honest article, but what caught my eye, was – Quote - ... At the Potsdam Conference in July–August 1945, both President Truman and the new...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Mar 7, 2013 8:32 pm
John this is a brilliant find and the rest is self explanatory, the values are priceless. Lenarda,Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Mar 7, 2013 6:51 pm
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/mar/21/could-stalin-have-been-stopped/?page=1  - New York Review of Books review of Roosevelt’s Lost...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Mar 7, 2013 4:20 pm
Another gem from another forum: ...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Mar 7, 2013 4:03 pm
This story was referenced in a facebook group and some KS members might find it resonates with their own quest for compensation. Go to the originating site to...
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Carol Clements
caz2ukuk
Mar 7, 2013 2:51 pm
I wondered that too. His photos are in your fathers book. I know very little about his life as a young boy. I am in contact with some of his family but they do...
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George Neisser
george.neiss...
Mar 7, 2013 10:06 am
Thank you Martin and others.  I will endeavour to fulfil my duties in this role to the best of my abilities.  Many thanks  Jurek ...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Mar 7, 2013 3:06 am
Thanks Romuald. I notice that you were in the second evacuation and may not remember the dates, but do you recall if there were more than one vessel or gorups...
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Elzunia/Elizabeth Gra...
elzuniao
Mar 7, 2013 12:10 am
Did your grandfather live in Wilno Carol? I wonder if your grandfather knew my dad from days before the war then? they were the same age, though my dad moved...
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Elzunia/Elizabeth Gra...
elzuniao
Mar 6, 2013 11:45 pm
does anyone know how to set the yahoo site setting to unicode? to avoid all these funny symbols I keep getting Elzunia...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Mar 6, 2013 11:24 pm
Romuald, I did read stories of this and two in particular, when the exiles reach their first enlistment point, they were given good food and many became ill or...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Mar 6, 2013 11:13 pm
Pan Taduesz, this is correct (to jest Prawda) and thank you Basia, most of us even if we do not speak Polish, can read or use translator and we wait for more...
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strangerbdazled
Mar 6, 2013 11:04 pm
Hi All, I would like to mention one more detail from my memories about Pahlevi, which is often omitted. We were in the second evacuation, August or September...
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Barbara Milligan
basia5milligan
Mar 6, 2013 10:16 pm
Panie Tadueszu, Wiekszosc rozmowy jest po angielsku, ale duzo czlonkow mowia po polsku. Niech Pan napisze obszerniej i mozemy przetlumaczy, albo prosto...
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Alexandra Copley
alexandra.co...
Mar 6, 2013 10:04 pm
Thank you for this find, Frances. This first person account of the arrival of the early evacuees reaching Pahlevi is an absolute treasure, providing a...
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ADefi
adefi54
Mar 6, 2013 9:34 pm
Jurek Z Neisser, congratulations on your new position and all the best on your new endeavors! Anna D USA ________________________________ From:...
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Tadeusz Brozbar
brozbar
Mar 6, 2013 9:03 pm
Nie wiem czy Pañstwo rozumiecie po polsku ale w naszym przypadku w rodzinie Paszkowskich ewakuowa³o sie 5 braci Paszkowskich wraz z Tat± Miko³ajem ktory...
