ROMAN:
I can only repeat what my Mother told me since I was
too young to have any memory of the deportation
itself.
They barged in, pistols/rifles drawn, gave us fifteen
minutes to get our already packed-up belongings
together, while they searched for weapons. Mother (a
teacher) noticed that one of the men was a Ukrainian,
the father of a boy she had in her class. He told her
in no uncertain terms that he was taking possession of
our land, our home and all that remained as soon as we
left. All the while, he protested that we were
already taking too much - but the Officer in Charge
must have had a heart of gold because not only did he
allow us to take what we had ready, but even yanked
the sheet off their bed, spread it out, jerked the
closet door open and like lightening, becan to throw
in everything he saw, even the quit and pillwos on the
bed.
So perhaps in some cases, locals did usurp military
settlers' property. I haven't been back to
Sarny-Dorotycze although I hope to do so someday.
Regards
BOZENA - Florida, USA
--- roman skulski <romed46@...> wrote:
Zbyszek,
In message #23962 June 29, 07 you wrote "Once the
Polish people were deported, the locals divided up
the spoils, property livestock,houses,etc..."
I asked you, this same day, to tell me where you
found that information. I am still waiting for your
reply.
I believe that you are giving our group wrong
information about the events that happened in 1940.
After people (Poles and Ukrainians) were deported
to Siberia their property became " property of the
Soviet state" and immediately or later was converted
or given to the local collective farms (kolhozy).
There was no sharing of property by the locals.
Cheers,
R. Skulski
Poland and WWII 1939-1945
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