Dear all I have received several requests for Wanda's contact details. As
you may know, the privacy filters on the mailing list remove the e-mail
addresses from your posts unless you list them yourselves (as Paul always
does).
Because Wanda is trying to get in contact with as many survivors and
families of survivors from the deportations, here is her e-mail again with
full contact details. Please pass it on to any other survivors/families you
may know of (and invite them to join our group!).
--
Stefan Wisniowski
Moderator, Kresy-Siberia
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From: Rwtruksa@...
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 02:26:23 EST
I have been involved in organizing action for the compensation from Russia
for forcible deportation and slave labour of Polish people in many Russian
prisons and labour camps. The efforts for compensation from the German
government have been successful. We believe we should do the same. We are
accepting applications from anyone that was deported to Siberia and other
parts of Soviet Russia from 1939 to 1957. We have registered a non profit
corporation under the name of "Former Polish Political Prisoners in USSR
(Canada) Inc. with the right to carry out our business in the other parts of
the world.
We are in the process of collecting applications from former prisoners or
their descendants. The main objective right now is to collect as many
applications as we can. The application should contain the name of the person
who was deported to USSR, the place of imprisonment in Russia , present
address for contact ,signature and the date signed. This information will
be recorded and presented to the polish government, and if need be we will
engage legal experts to present the case to the International Court in Hague.
Right now we are gathering intelligence as to what compensation Poland
received from Russia in the past. We have been informed that Russia paid
Poland $20 million US in the past and another $52 million in l990.'s If this
information if true than all Polish people who have been enslaved should have
been compensated, not only those who returned to Poland after the war.
I have initiated the organization of this claim , and now we have elected Mr
Richard Wiktor Lacish to be the president and proceed with the legal action.
The organization of Sybiracy in Florida are in support and will be joining
our efforts. We will be appealing in near future to all former prisoners in
USSR to join and to send their application to Former Polish Political
Prisoners in USSR (CANADA) INC, Wanda Truksa, 451 The West Mall, Ste 605,
Etobicoke, Ontario M9C lGl. tel: 416 621 5221 and my e-mail address is
Rwtruksa@...
I also request everyone's help. What we need is the listing of polish
newspapers published in every country to advertise our action and any achives
that hold detailed records of the deportations. I think The Group could be of
great help in publicising this action, and collecting the applications.
Well that is all for now. I hope I aroused everyones interest and it looks
to me that the Group is well qualified to help in this action. I will let
you know when I will receive the video. I would like to know what return is
expected from the showing
The president of the organization lives in Montreal, where there is a fair
group of Polish people and most of them are survivors of the Russian labour
camps and prisons. I trust my message is not too long. Any more information I
will pass along in the future
Czesc,
Wanda.
