---------- From: "Krystine Tomaszyk" Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:58:52 +1200 To: Subject: Sybiraki
Stefan,
This message... does not quite refer to the poll and yet may apply to the questions relating to payment of compensation.
Are you aware that Polish citizens who live in Poland do get compensation for having had been deported to the Soviet Union during WW2? It is paid by the Polish government.
I believe that the amount paid is quite reasonable.
By the way, are you also aware that the name 'Sybiraki" refers to all those who had been deported to the S.U.?
I think that the name goes right back to when Russians and then Soviets started deporting Poles to Russia/Soviet Union since 1863, the time of the Polish uprising against Russia when the main focus of deportations were Polish patriots?
What did you, yourself think of the film, 'The Forgotten Odyssey'? Did you use much of the material from 'The Invited' for publicity? ?Janek Roy Wojciechowski arranged for the film to be shown in Wellington about two weeks ago. I thought it was very well made.
I enjoy reading the correspondence between members of the group and am most impressed by the depth of the young generation's interest in their past.
