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Re: Welcome Orest Zborowski
Witamy Orest Zborowski! Welcome to the Group! Sr. Christine Marie Enfield, Ct. U.S.A. Stefan Wisniowski <swisniowski@...> wrote: Please Welcome Orest Zborowski to the group. Orest is a Pole
By Sister Christine · #6674 ·
Welcome Orest Zborowski
Please Welcome Orest Zborowski to the group. Orest is a Pole living in the Ukraine, and found me on the web as he lives in Kalusz (near old Stanislawow now Ivano-Frankivsk), where my grandfather was
By Stefan Wisniowski <swisniowski@...> · #6673 ·
Re: Names (Dzidzia)
Isn't it simpler? Dzidzius meaning baby in Polish, perhaps Dzidia is simply the feminine form? Barbara Davoust
By b.davoust@... · #6672 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Some "go back and rebuild your country". I remember my mother telling me this. This went on for a while, since she said that one of the British officers who was teaching them English (perhaps in
By b.davoust@... · #6671 ·
Return to Ukraine
Hello Group, In gathering the last set of photos from my mother last night.(which I will sent the entire collection to Julian for downloading), I mentioned to her the experiences of Halina's visit to
By Mark <markkus@...> · #6670 ·
Re: To all members who write "Please remove me" to the list...
Please remove me from the list...but keep me on special mailings... Thanks Stefan Wisniowski wrote: To all members who write "Please remove me" to the list... Dear friends Please do not write to the
By Nina Szlosberg <napro1@...> · #6667 ·
Re: Names (Dzidzia)
Bob, Elzunia, Until reading your posts, I always thought Dzidzia was an endearing form of the name Zdzislawa, which is my cousin's name. In my family we have always called her, using phonetic American
By eve5j · #6669 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
As unbelievable as it sounds to us all, some people, not many I am sure, willingly decided to stay in various areas of the USSR. As we've discussed on this list before, there were many extremely
By eve5j · #6668 ·
More photos from Tomek
Tomy continues to add to the rich collection of pre-war and war-time photos in our gallery. Gallery (photos, documents) : http://www.aforgottenodyssey.com/gallery/ Stefan Wisniowski ---------- From:
By Stefan Wisniowski <swisniowski@...> · #6666 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Barney, One reason that I read about from a personal book written by one of the refugees is that many did not have any money, or any items to trade in order to be taken out of Russia on sleds during
By Julian S. Plowy <julian_plowy@...> · #6665 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Back to Barney's original question, which is kind of on-topic (ie. the consequences of the war deportations etc.) Barney, can you share the source of your numbers? There is much debate about how many
By Stefan Wisniowski <swisniowski@...> · #6664 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Dear Barney, My family ended up in Kazakstan after their release from their Arkangelsk. They got there via train a trip they funded by selling some of their remaining belongings that had survived the
By Richard Widerynski <richpna@...> · #6663 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Hello Group: My Father was one of those that joined Anders' Army, but I always wondered how my Grandmother made it back to Poland? Grandma was a very strong woman, how she made it back from Siberia
By gary <garyinvancouver@...> · #6662 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
Hi Barney, I'm not an expert, but, from what I've learnt this year, I don't think anyone would have stayed voluntarily. I think there are various reasons why so many got left behind. I don't think the
By Custance.family <Custance.family@...> · #6661 ·
Re: Names
I think Leszek is a lovely name. When I was a little girl I used to play with a little boy called Leszek in London.......I must ask my uncle what became of him! Dianne Hitchin, Herts, England You
By Custance.family <Custance.family@...> · #6660 ·
Re: Re Sierociniec w Tengeru
Dear Margaret, In the group of the Polish orphanage in Tengeru camp I was a friend with Jozek Dubicki.He had one sister Florka Dubicki. Florka now lifes in Montreal,P.Que. Canada.Jozef Dubicki died
By Casimir Majewski <kmaj31@...> · #6659 ·
Re: Those that got left behind
To add an additional question: Is any organization currently helping them? <berndd11222@y...> wrote:
By Robert Ambros <AmbrosR@...> · #6657 ·
Re: My recent trip to Ukraine
Halina, You didn't happen to get a street map of Brody did you? Barb K
By Barb Kwietniowski <barbkwie@...> · #6656 ·
Re: Names
The same thing happened in my family. My older sister, Lucy, has been called dzidia ever since I can remember and her daughter is now married. When I was a child, I thought "Dzidzia" was Polish for
By Robert Ambros <AmbrosR@...> · #6655 ·
Re: Polonia Global Fund
I believe the Polonia Global Fund and its followers are sensitive to the goals of the Kresy-Siberia group. When my book, The Brief Sun, won the Writer's Digest award, PGF picked up the press release
By Robert Ambros <AmbrosR@...> · #6654 ·