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Re: WW II 1940 - deportation of Polish people

 

Roman,
maybe not exacttly what you're looking for but in some cases the property was taken by the Ukrainians before?Feb '40.? As I wrote yeaterday my?father and family had been evicted from their house and forced to live with their neighbours due to the fact a local Ukrainian committee had told them that they were on Ukrainian property and must vacate their?farm.?Though we probably both agree they were encouraged by the Soviets.
A good friend of my father, who he met here in Canada after the war, saw the local Ukrainians put an axe through his fathers head after he attempted to resist their forcing them from their house during this same period, although I am not?sure exactly where in the kresy they came from.
I could only assume that?the family farm remained in local hands until later in the war. The schoolmate of my aunt who I mentioned yesterday?was himself wounded fighting the Soviets in attempts to gain independance for the Ukraine.
?
Thanks
Terry Polewski??

MARIE GAFFNEY wrote:
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@yahoo.ca> 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.
>
>
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> I believe that you are giving our group wrong
> information about the events that happened in 1940.
>
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>
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> 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).
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> There was no sharing of property by the locals.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> R. Skulski
> Poland and WWII 1939-1945
>
>
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