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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 ! ...
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,...
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...
Hi, here's an excerpt from my father's memoirs describing the transfer from Pahlevi hospital to Teheran: "Two weeks later, I was again admitted to the field...
Can anyone tell me anything about this man? My father has mentioned being a driver for a senior Polish military man in Scotland at the end of the war with the...
I hope more members will chip in with information. I am trying to learn all I can. CarolUK ... I hope more members will chip in with information. I am trying...
Dear group Please welcome new member Janusz whose grandfather , Stanislaw Bargielski , served in the KOP until 1939, and was in Osowiec when the war broke out....
Hi, Stan. I think KU = Komenda Uzupelnień = Recruiting Command, or place for enlistment into the army. Probably there was such an office everywhere that the...
This is brilliant. When I first went to Poland in 1990 and asked for herbata with milk. They asked me if I was pregnant. I did get some milk. It had been...
I see 2 'Bargiels' on Katyn lists. Stanislaw Bargile, son of Pawla, ppor (policeman) born 1908 - Charkow Romuald Bargiel, son of Jakuba, Kom.pp, born 1898 -...
Michael and Romuald, your post is correct to say that Poland on one hand used the excuse of THEY ARE NOT POLISH CITIZENS and on the other hand, it was very...
Dan from NY Thank you so much. Will keep my eyes open. Lenarda, Sydney, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On...
Tony, thank you and yes it does assist others, because sometimes the smallest of fragments, is the key to making sense of the jig saw. Warmest regards, ...
