I must say that I rather agree with Lech on this subject. I do not
for a moment deny that our parents or families who suffered in Siberia
and elsewhere may have psychological, if not physical, scars, but I
too am surprised by some of the posts.
I grew up in England and then Canada, having to go to Polish school on
Saturdays for a while (thankfully short) but never once did my parents
tell me I should do well not to shame Poland, the church or the
family. I cannot remember any such comment, ever.
Perhaps the different attitudes of the parents are what make the
children react in such different ways?
Barbara Davoust
Toulouse, France
--- In Kresy-Siberia@..., "Helena Danielczuk"
<helena52@m...> wrote:
I agree with you.
Not only did our parents suffer at first hand not just phisically but
mentally too, but I feel and have learned from others that we as the
next
generation id fel the repercusions of this as we were growing up.
we did
not understand or know why, our parents did not know either . It
would be
interesting to find out how many of us have had or needed some form of
therapy or experienced some psychological issue. For myself and few
here in
Bradford there was pressure on us to do well, to be doctors or
barristers to
'nie przyniesc wstydu rodzinie, prafii i Polsce!? What about
ourselves?
The burden of carying the whole of Polands reputation on a childs
shoulders!
Musisz pokazac, milcz i pracuj ciezko bo moze tez Tobie czeka
Sybir! In
fact at Polska szkola if you misbehaved the dunce's corner was
Sybir!! I
kid you not.
