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GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS
Stefan Wisniowski
Dear friends
You may have noticed that I have been less active on the group list in recent weeks. I wanted to let you know that I am still here but have become rather preoccupied with other issues such as family and business for a while... I also wanted to say how pleased I am with the leadership that many of you have taken in my absence, and with the ongoing vitality of the group. Clearly ANY group is only as strong as its members and I am pleased to say that OUR group is strong indeed. The question has been raised about the purpose of the group. Particularly, is it a group to promote the Polish story of the 1939-45 war with the Soviets in particular ? Or is it a general discussion group on wartime behaviour - good and bad - also open to critical debate about the Polish people and their conduct during the war...? In reply I can quote the public objectives of the group: "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." The Kresy-Siberia Group brings into contact people from countries around the world with a special interest in the tragedy of over 1 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities from eastern Poland (the "Kresy", or Borderlands) in 1940-41 who were killed, repressed or deported to prisons, forced labour camps (GULAGs) and "special resettlements" in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia. I personally believe that understanding the truth is an important ingredient in our mission - although defining objective truth in matters of human conduct is in itself often a difficult if not impossible task. So certainly we should be open to discussions and differences of opinion. However, I note that the style and values of such debates is also important. In our group especially, members strive to avoid disparaging or offending other members - this is a friendly and supportive group with common goals rather than a debating society. We are all trying to learn from each other, not "score points". For this reason, members are also asked to avoid commenting on current politics that could cause dissension between members, especially those not on the topic of the history and fate of the deported Polish citizens. In addition, prejudicial remarks of a religious or racial nature are not tolerated. Thank you and best wishes for 2004! Stefan Wisniowski, Sydney Group Moderator PS perhaps the organisation of the German Expellees could be the best thing to ever happen to the Kresy deportees, but only if we learn to use the publicity and press for our purposes like everybody else does and use it to tell the story of why all these Poles from the East happened to be in the "Regained Lands". ... Stefan Wisniowski |
Hear, hear let's get back to the origins of the group.
I also haven't been very active as my business is taking up more of my time but will keep up with as many posts as I can. Paul Stefan Wisniowski writes: Dear friends You may have noticed that I have been less active on the group list in Sent by webmail@... reply to haverp@... |
Paul Havers
Points??????
I'm just expressing my opinion I take it that it's allowed? Paul At 11:41 10/01/2004, you wrote: --- In Kresy-Siberia@..., "Paul Havers"
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开云体育Should we not follow our moderator's call and not try to score
points? Bert Bakker Nelspruit South Africa ?Points??????
I'm just expressing my opinion I take it that it's allowed? Paul ?oops.....Now,?now boys!! ?
Thanks for your responses?Anne, Krystyna and
Hania. After?I sent my message last night?I thought? "they'll
probably think I've got a slate missing".? It's nice to know I wasn't on my
own there. I guess we all really do share this interest with a passion.?The
same sort of passion shown by our parents
and grandparents.
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Regards, Ken Fedzin. Dewsbury,
England
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Julian S. Plowy
I ran across the following today. I realize that it is a little dated but I
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suggest that we review it. I will not comment on this in the future but we are faced always with pressure to give. My point is when will the US (in this case) give to those (Poland and others) it sold down the river? Note this is as of 2001 not 60 years ago. Congressman Gary Ackerman 5th District - New York Queens, Nassau, Suffolk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ACKERMAN'S STATEMENT ON POLISH HOLOCAUST ASSETS Statement of the Honorable Gary L. Ackerman before the Assembly Standing Committee on State-Federal Relations and the Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary March 22, 2001 Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chairman, Madame Chairwoman, Members of the Committees, It is privilege for me to appear before you today to discuss the actions of the Government of Poland concerning the restitution of Holocaust-era assets. Like yourselves, I am deeply concerned about this issue, which affects so many of my own constituents, as well as survivors throughout New York and the entire United States. The basic question before us is: What can be done at the state and federal levels to provide incentives for the Government of Poland to do the right thing; which is , to adopt a property restitution and reprivatization law, on a timely basis, that allows Holocaust survivors and their decedents to either receive fair compensation or the prompt return of their rightful assets-especially for those assets held by the Republic of Poland itself. One principle that must be borne in mind throughout consideration of this issue: Restitution of assets is a fundamental human right. Justice is not a unique desire of Jews, or ofHolocaust survivors. Poland has an indisputable moral obligation to provide compensation and to return property, not because the owners are Jews, or were victims of persecution and genocide, but because the protection of property rights is a basic obligation for all civilized governments. If governments do not protect property, if they do not conscientiously and assiduously provide restitution when assets are unjustly seized, then they become accomplices to those wrongs. In this case, they become, in effect, indirect agents of the Nazis. The Polish National Assembly, the legislative branch of the Polish government, has unfortunately a made satisfactory resolution of this issue considerably more difficult. Only about a week ago, a law was sent to Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski that would provide no restitution at all for many claimants. Whether this was done out of avarice, ignorance, or stinginess, I can't say. What is clear, however, is that the legislation approved by both the Sejm (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house) would effectively preclude thousands of wronged families and individuals from recovering property first stripped from them by the Nazis, then seized by the Communists, and now held by a recalcitrant Polish state. The question of reprivatization is not of concern only to the community of Polish Holocaust survivors. Current estimates suggest as many as 170,000 former property owners, and their heirs, are waiting for proper restitution legislation. But in the campaign for justice for all of these wronged parties, it is imperative that the rights and interests of Poland's Holocaust survivors, and their families, not be in anyway disadvantaged-which, unfortunately, appears to be exactly what is occurring today. The property law that has been presented to President Kwasniewski is a disgrace. The act requires, as a prerequisite for compensation or recovery, that the claimant possess Polish citizenship, either at the time the property was seized, or for heirs, as of December 31, 1999. This provision is an undisguised effort to cut off the right of Holocaust survivors and their families-people who fled from genocide and a Polish state rife with violent anti-Semitism-to recover their own property. And it is their property that is at question. It is incomprehensible that Holocaust survivors, and their rightful heirs, should be arbitrarily disenfranchised by the law. Fleeing from genocide should hardly be considered a reason to overturn legitimate property rights. The act also unfairly limits the circle of heirs, blocking restitution of property from rightful inheritors, especially for families decimated by the Nazis. Demanding that survivors or their heirs prove the deaths of all other possible inheritors is thinly veiled effort to utilize the thorough destruction of Polish Jewry to avoid moral obligations. Asking people to substantiate the incineration of their relatives by the Nazis as pre-condition to restitution of family assets and property is at best mean-spirited. More reasonably, it could be described as perverse. Finally, the law would allow restitution of only 50 percent of the value of assets, and then, only in the form of Polish government bonds, some payable only after 10 more years. I have no problem with the Polish National Assembly taking into account Poland's economy and their government's fiscal stability. As a federal legislator, I have a deep appreciation of these factors as unavoidable components in making national decisions about funding entitlements. But restitution of property is an entitlement, and one which Poland is faced with as surely as their debts to international creditors. Difficulty making repayments is understandable, and can typically be resolved through reasonable negotiations. Outright rejection of obligations, however, is not understandable, and is an assault on the spirit of compromise. The high-handed effort to eliminate half the obligations of the Government of Poland is not just a clever bit of accounting, it is also a grave decision to write off a moral imperative in the hope that boldness can substitute for integrity. As we all know, it can't. Alternatives and ameliorative amendments to the law that was adopted were considered, debated, and rejected by a coalition of the left and the right. What remains now is an opportunity for President Kwasniewski to protect Poland's honor as a state, and Poland's reputation in the international community, by vetoing this awful legislation. I take no pleasure in saying that Poland's continued integration in the Atlantic alliance and Warsaw's entry into the European Union will be jeopardized by the failure to suitably address the issue of restitution. With the exception of Belarus and Ukraine, every post-Communist country in Europe has taken notable steps to provide restitution. As a leading post-Communist state, Poland's example is critical for similarly situated countries in Europe. Warsaw's failure to adopt legislation providing fair compensation of legitimate claims will hurt the Polish government's standing with the Polish people, who overwhelmingly favor a robust reprivatization law, and with the community of nations, who expect Warsaw to pay its historic moral debts. The United States, as the preeminent international leader, has an unmistakable obligation to raise this issue forcefully with Poland, a nation with which America wants to have a warm and close relationship. The question of restitution, however, is not one of concern only to Poland. The United States, and our own state of New York in particular, have become the home for thousands of former Poles, many of them Jews who fled the nightmare of genocide in the 1940s. Protecting their rights and their interests is our clear obligation. Many of these individuals are aging, adding additional urgency to our efforts. In the last Congress, as a senior Member of the House International Relations Committee, I asked for hearings in the full Committee to review this issue. I was told the time wasn't right; that the Polish Government was taking steps to resolve the issue fairly; that public attention would hurt the interests of survivors. It is now clear that public attention is the only the thing that will protect the interest of survivors, and I commend Speaker Silver and Chairman Klein and Chairwoman Weinstein for scheduling this hearing. I am again asking the Chairman of the House International Relations Committee to schedule hearings on this critical issue, and I have asked all of my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in this request. On the International Relations Committee, I will be raising this issue with the Polish Ambassador and with high-level officials in the Executive Branch. Depending on the decision made by President Kwasniewski, other steps may be contemplated by the United States Congress. As a new member of NATO, Poland's health and prosperity is of considerable concern to the United States. But before interests come obligations. Poland' s obligation is to meet the legitimate claims of Holocaust survivors and their heirs, regardless of nationality, in a fair and thorough manner. Our obligation is to continue to work for the interests of our constituents and their quest for justice. Julek -----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Wisniowski [mailto:swisniowski@...] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:25 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS Dear friends You may have noticed that I have been less active on the group list in recent weeks. I wanted to let you know that I am still here but have become rather preoccupied with other issues such as family and business for a while... I also wanted to say how pleased I am with the leadership that many of you have taken in my absence, and with the ongoing vitality of the group. Clearly ANY group is only as strong as its members and I am pleased to say that OUR group is strong indeed. The question has been raised about the purpose of the group. Particularly, is it a group to promote the Polish story of the 1939-45 war with the Soviets in particular ? Or is it a general discussion group on wartime behaviour - good and bad - also open to critical debate about the Polish people and their conduct during the war...? In reply I can quote the public objectives of the group: "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." The Kresy-Siberia Group brings into contact people from countries around the world with a special interest in the tragedy of over 1 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities from eastern Poland (the "Kresy", or Borderlands) in 1940-41 who were killed, repressed or deported to prisons, forced labour camps (GULAGs) and "special resettlements" in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia. I personally believe that understanding the truth is an important ingredient in our mission - although defining objective truth in matters of human conduct is in itself often a difficult if not impossible task. So certainly we should be open to discussions and differences of opinion. However, I note that the style and values of such debates is also important. In our group especially, members strive to avoid disparaging or offending other members - this is a friendly and supportive group with common goals rather than a debating society. We are all trying to learn from each other, not "score points". For this reason, members are also asked to avoid commenting on current politics that could cause dissension between members, especially those not on the topic of the history and fate of the deported Polish citizens. In addition, prejudicial remarks of a religious or racial nature are not tolerated. Thank you and best wishes for 2004! Stefan Wisniowski, Sydney Group Moderator PS perhaps the organisation of the German Expellees could be the best thing to ever happen to the Kresy deportees, but only if we learn to use the publicity and press for our purposes like everybody else does and use it to tell the story of why all these Poles from the East happened to be in the "Regained Lands". ... Stefan Wisniowski * KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP = RESEARCH REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." * Discussion site : Gallery (photos, documents) : Film and info : * To SUBSCRIBE to the discussion group, send an e-mail saying who you are and describing your interest in the group to: Kresy-Siberia-owner@... * Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Kresy-Siberia-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: |
Julian S. Plowy
On a different subject,
I am not sure if we have received the following in the past so I would like to share it with all. Julek FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2003 Kanjorski Presents Polish Ambassador with Record of Katyn Massacre Investigation Massacre First Disclosed 60 Years Ago; Record Unavailable in Poland until Now Washington, DC - Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) today presented Poland's Ambassador to the United States with a copy of the 2,300-page published record of a select Congressional committee's investigation of the Katyn Forest massacre during World War II. The massacre of thousands of leading Polish citizens by Soviet troops was first disclosed in April 1943, but the Soviet government denied responsibility until after the Cold War ended. The select Congressional committee, which included then-Congressman Daniel J. Flood of Wilkes-Barre, investigated the massacre in 1951 and 1952, but until now the record of its investigation has been not available anywhere in Poland. At the request of the Polish government, Congressman Kanjorski arranged for the Library of Congress to provide Poland with a copy of the documents. Many experts believe the committee's record is the most comprehensive body of record ever assembled on this subject. "As we observe the anniversary of the discovery of this tragedy, let us hope and pray that humanity is spared such tragedies in the future," Congressman Kanjorski said. Congressman Kanjorski and Polish Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski were joined at the presentation by Dr. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, and Allen Paul, author of the book KATYN: Stalin's Massacre and the Seeds of Polish Resurrection. Mr. Paul will transport the records to Poland and present them on April 12 to the Polish Government Council on War Archives, Public Monuments and Historic Sites. Several speakers at the presentation in Washington noted the longstanding friendship between Poland and the United States, dating back to the time of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish military engineer who was one of the first foreign volunteers to assist the American Revolution. BELOW: Remarks by Congressman Kanjorski (three pages) which are being inserted into the Congressional Record. Congressional Record - Extension of Remarks Hon. Paul E. Kanjorski Transmittal of Important Congressional Records to Poland Mr. Speaker, today I wish to direct the attention of the House of Representatives to a sad anniversary. Almost 60 years ago, on April 13, 1943, Americans awoke to a startling announcement from Radio Berlin: the disclosure that thousands of bodies of Polish officers had been found by the Germans in a remote wood near the Dneiper River called Katyn Forest. These men had been captured in the fall of 1939 by the Red Army and executed the following spring by the NKVD which later became the KGB. Until the German discovery all trace of these men had disappeared. The German discovery put tremendous strain on the western alliance from the moment it was announced. Our mortal enemy had accused the Soviet Union, a great ally who had just defeated the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad, of the unspeakable crime of murdering prisoners of war. For many in the West, it appeared to be a cheap propaganda stunt by Joseph Goebbels. Perhaps the Germans had murdered the Poles and were merely covering their tracks by blaming the crime on the Soviets. But as more and more facts were collected, it became abundantly clear that the Russians, not the Germans, had the blood of the Poles on their hands. Over the next two years the governments of the United States and Great Britain took great pains to hold together the Alliance with the Soviet Union and downplayed Soviet responsibility for the murders in Katyn Forest and at two other sites that took the lives of more than 14,000 Polish officers. Eyewitness reports that should have been made public were classified top secret and subsequently disappeared. An Ambassador to the Balkans was forbidden to disclose incriminating documents and photographs. Polish broadcasters were censored by the Office of War Information. Finally, between September, 1951 and December, 1952, a Select Committee of the U.S Congress stepped in to investigate this horrible crime. This committee held hearings in six cities and four countries, received testimony from 81 witnesses and took depositions from another 100 who could not appear in person. Its published report of 2,162 pages filled seven volumes. In many ways, this investigation was Congress at its best. It meticulously assembled a body of fact that left no doubt about its principal conclusions: first, that the Soviets were guilty; and second, that the State Department and Army Intelligence (G-2) had engaged in a determined effort to shield the American people from the truth. I recently learned that the seven-volume published record of the Select Committee to investigate the Katyn Forest massacre is not available anywhere in Poland. At the request of the Polish Government, I have arranged to provide Poland with a copy of this record which most experts believe is the most comprehensive body of record ever assembled on this subject. I would like to thank the Librarian of Congress, Dr. James H. Billington, and his fine staff for their extensive cooperation and assistance in this matter. On Friday, I will present this document to Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski, who will accept it on behalf of the Polish government. These records will then travel to Poland with Mr. Allen Paul, an American author whose book, KATYN: Stalin's Massacre and the Seeds of Polish Resurrection, provides a comprehensive overview of the crime and the context in which it occurred. Mr. Paul's book has recently been translated into Polish and will be released at an event in Warsaw on April 12. He will place the hearing record at that time, in my behalf, in the hands of Mr. Andrzej Przewoznik, Secretary General of the Polish Government Council on War Archives, Public Monuments and Historic Sites. It is to be hoped that the record established by the Select Committee will aid public officials, historians and many others in efforts to understand the terrible crime of Katyn and its continuing impact on Russo-Polish relations. I am including with this statement some excerpts of Mr. Paul's reflections on the importance and scope of the select committee which will be delivered on April 12 in Warsaw at a Conference on the 60th Anniversary of Disclosure of the Katyn Forest Massacre. Mr. Speaker, as we observe the anniversary of the discovery of this tragedy, let us hope and pray that humanity is spared such tragedies in the future. - - - Thoughts about the Congressional Investigation of Katyn Excerpts of Warsaw Seminar Remarks by Allen Paul April 12, 2003 At this moment we are only a few hours away from the sixtieth anniversary of Radio Berlin's sensational announcement that the Wehrmacht had found the bodies of thousands Polish officers in Katyn Forest who had been "bestially murdered by the Bolsheviks." Fresh from their catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad, the Germans were eager to divert the world's attention from the pierced veil of Wehrmacht invincibility, and they correctly surmised that this, too, was a golden opportunity to sow seeds of discord in the Western Alliance. At that moment the victims - men who had served Poland faithfully, in fact one might say, valiantly, men who represented the present and future leadership of their nation, fathers and husbands, physicians and engineers, professional soldiers and shopkeepers, unfortunate souls placed by an unkind fate in Soviet hands, prisoners of war who were not recognized as POWs by their captors - from the moment the news crackled over the airwaves from Berlin, these tragic victims became geopolitical pawns and would remain so for years to come. . Amidst all the atrocities of World War Two why have the crimes commonly referred to as the Katyn Forest Massacre been so enduring? Poland's feisty wartime Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Stanislaw Kot, proved to be eerily prophetic on this issue. In 1941, exasperated by continued stonewalling by the Soviet government on the case of his country's missing soldiers Kot said, "People are not like steam. They cannot evaporate." More than 60 years later, we are still thinking, writing and debating the facts of the case because, I suspect, it provides such a powerful mirror into the human soul. Let me turn now to one of the great milestones on the arduous path to truth about the terrible murders in Katyn Forest, that being the work of what was officially called "The Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence and Circumstances on the Katyn Forest Massacre." On September 18, 1951 the United States Congress authorized what would become the most comprehensive neutral investigation of this crime ever undertaken. It followed by five years an abortive attempt to address this darkest of tragedies at the Nuremberg trials. That charade collapsed under the sheer weight of Soviet prosecutorial ineptitude. In 1948 the Poles themselves - through their London-based government-in-exile - completed their own investigation and published it as, The Crime of Katyn: Facts and Documents. It was the most complete record of the crime at the time but it was far from what the Poles had hoped for: a high profile, independent investigation and trial to prove once and for all that the Soviets - not the Germans - were responsible for these brutal murders. In their conclusion to the 1948 report, the Poles had emphasized Roman-law canon: i.e. "nobody can be judge in his own case." The Soviets had attempted with disastrous effect to judge their own case at Nuremberg. The Poles knew that they, no more than the Soviets, could judge this case, thus they called for an international tribunal to affix guilt and mete out punishment. In a sense the investigation sponsored by the U.S. Congress vindicated the Poles' findings in 1948. The congressional investigation lasted from September 18, 1951 to December 22, 1952. It resulted in hearings in six cities and four countries; 81 witnesses were heard; and private depositions were taken from 100 individuals, most of whom required anonymity to protect relatives still in Poland. The final report of 2,162 pages filled seven volumes. After all was said and done, the Select Committee of Congress concluded, just as the Polish Government-in-Exile had four years earlier, that an international tribunal, in this case the new United Nations International Court Justice, should investigate the crime. This similarity of findings in no way diminishes the scope and importance of the congressional investigation. Once and for all it put the United States clearly on the side of the truth in this case and that was no small accomplishment. The committee clearly, meticulously and, I would say, courageously documented U.S. concealment of Soviet guilt and its de facto pursuit of an ends justifies the means policy. . Like the recommendations of the Polish government-in-exile in 1948, the recommendations of the Select Committee of Congress were never acted on. During the war geopolitical realities - principally the fear that the Soviets would sign a separate peace with Germany - stood squarely in the way. After the war geopolitical realities - the fact that the Soviets could block action at the United Nations - continued to stand squarely in the way. . The words of Sir Owen O'Malley and Ambassador Stanislaw Kot ring just true today as the day they were uttered. Kot told us in 1941, "People are not like steam. They cannot evaporate." Kot would tell us today that the quest for justice for Poland's officers and deportees will inevitably continue. And surely O'Malley would tell us that justice, if found nowhere else, must be found in our own hearts. -End- |
Julian S. Plowy
TO ALL:
I FOUND THIS ON THE SITE LISTED BELOW. I AM NOT SURE HOW COMPLETE IT IS. All who are part of the Tengeru refugees please review and advise if this list is complete. More information cane be accessed from the below site also. 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Hi Julek I've just read your list. To agree with others, The Fedorowicz family is missing so perhaps this is just a list of those who went to Australia Dianne In Kresy-Siberia@..., "Julian S. Plowy" <julian_plowy@e...> wrote: IT IS. All who are part of the Tengeru refugees please review and adviseif this list is complete. |
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No, this is just those on the one shup, the General Langfitt.
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Fascinitating piece of information. Do you know what, if anything, is being done with the report now it has been handed over to Poland? What happens/is happening now? Is there to be any hearing/enquiry where the Russians can be brought to account? The report was finished in 1952 and nothing further appears to have happened until last year. Is it possible for members in the U.S. to lobby Congressman Kanjorski to provide a report? Regards, Ken Fedzin. England. -----Original Message-----
From: Julian S. Plowy [mailto:julian_plowy@...] Sent: 11 January 2004 06:48 On a different subject, I am not sure if we have received the following in the past so I would like to share it with all. Julek FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2003 Kanjorski Presents Polish Ambassador with Record of Katyn Massacre Investigation Massacre First Disclosed 60 Years Ago; Record Unavailable in Poland until Now Washington, DC - Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) today presented Poland's Ambassador to the United States with a copy of the 2,300-page published record of a select Congressional committee's investigation of the Katyn Forest massacre during World War II. The massacre of thousands of leading Polish citizens by Soviet troops was first disclosed in April 1943, but the Soviet government denied responsibility until after the Cold War ended. The select Congressional committee, which included then-Congressman Daniel J. Flood of Wilkes-Barre, investigated the massacre in 1951 and 1952, but until now the record of its investigation has been not available anywhere in Poland. |
Julian S. Plowy
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Many historical facts were or are in error or are hidden or forgotten, AS with many historical facts I don't think anything is being done to change things. It seems that nothing is ever done to correct much of the Polish mis-information. "Others" form a strong group which speaks up and keeps pushing until things like this are brought to a conclusion and are corrected. Ken as you know, Once "facts" are incorrectly stated or written it is almost impossible to change history. So, I suggest that some of us start a site that might address some of the more important issues that we would like to correct and see what we can do to help in these matters. Or that we take up certain matters off line as coordinated e-mails to each other. For the next few weeks I will be looking for any information on Polish-Jewish relations. Both good and bad. Just before and after the war. Personal stories, books, and any other material. From the Jewish and Polish point of view. I would like that information sent to me at my personal e-mail so that we can keep passions off this web site. In the future I will be looking for other topics that might interest me. This present site is not a form for this type of effort and this site should be kept that way. Unfortunately at times some of us do overstep the boundaries of this site. I would like to see that we all continue to develop this site for what it is intended. Julek, San Bernardino, CA USA -----Original Message-----
From: Ken Fedzin [mailto:ken.fedzin@...] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:52 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS Hi Julek, Fascinitating piece of information. Do you know what, if anything, is being done with the report now it has been handed over to Poland? What happens/is happening now? Is there to be any hearing/enquiry where the Russians can be brought to account? The report was finished in 1952 and nothing further appears to have happened until last year. Is it possible for members in the U.S. to lobby Congressman Kanjorski to provide a report? Regards, Ken Fedzin. England. -----Original Message----- From: Julian S. Plowy [mailto:julian_plowy@...] Sent: 11 January 2004 06:48 On a different subject, I am not sure if we have received the following in the past so I would like to share it with all. Julek FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2003 Kanjorski Presents Polish Ambassador with Record of Katyn Massacre Investigation Massacre First Disclosed 60 Years Ago; Record Unavailable in Poland until Now Washington, DC - Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) today presented Poland's Ambassador to the United States with a copy of the 2,300-page published record of a select Congressional committee's investigation of the Katyn Forest massacre during World War II. The massacre of thousands of leading Polish citizens by Soviet troops was first disclosed in April 1943, but the Soviet government denied responsibility until after the Cold War ended. The select Congressional committee, which included then-Congressman Daniel J. Flood of Wilkes-Barre, investigated the massacre in 1951 and 1952, but until now the record of its investigation has been not available anywhere in Poland. * KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP = RESEARCH REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." * Discussion site : Gallery (photos, documents) : Film and info : * To SUBSCRIBE to the discussion group, send an e-mail saying who you are and describing your interest in the group to: Kresy-Siberia-owner@... * Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Kresy-Siberia-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: |
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I understand where you're coming from and think that you are perhaps correct. Another group or site dedicated to this exercise may be more productive in certain matters. However, I see no reason why this group could not act occasionally to make representations, ask questions, press and lobby politicians and others, in order to 'help' to bring issues into the public domain. This could be done by members as individuals, and also by the moderator for example, on behalf of the group as a whole and at the request of members. Unfortunately, my knowledge of this period of history and the crucial episodes/facts to which you refer, is practically zero. As such, I feel I would not have much to offer to the type of group you are contemplating, but I wish you well if you should decide to persue this. Perhaps other members will share your idea and support you seperately from this groups work. I'm not sure, but the recent message from Halina, with regard to the IPN and it's request for information, may provide the type of platform that you are looking for. Regards, Ken. -----Original Message-----
From: Julian S. Plowy [mailto:julian_plowy@...] Sent: 15 January 2004 07:03 To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS Ken, Many historical facts were or are in error or are hidden or forgotten, AS with many historical facts I don't think anything is being done to change things. It seems that nothing is ever done to correct much of the Polish mis-information. "Others" form a strong group which speaks up and keeps pushing until things like this are brought to a conclusion and are corrected. Ken as you know, Once "facts" are incorrectly stated or written it is almost impossible to change history. So, I suggest that some of us start a site that might address some of the more important issues that we would like to correct and see what we can do to help in these matters. Or that we take up certain matters off line as coordinated e-mails to each other. |
Julian S. Plowy
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I agree with you. I do not want anyone to take anything away from this group. I want to add to this group, but certain issues will only cause a strain and take away from the focus of what this group is about. These issues should be discussed as separate issues either by direct e-mail between members or on a separate site. At this point I am studying these different options. Thank you for your view points. Julek -----Original Message-----
From: Ken Fedzin [mailto:ken.fedzin@...] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:44 AM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS Hi Julek, I understand where you're coming from and think that you are perhaps correct. Another group or site dedicated to this exercise may be more productive in certain matters. However, I see no reason why this group could not act occasionally to make representations, ask questions, press and lobby politicians and others, in order to 'help' to bring issues into the public domain. This could be done by members as individuals, and also by the moderator for example, on behalf of the group as a whole and at the request of members. Unfortunately, my knowledge of this period of history and the crucial episodes/facts to which you refer, is practically zero. As such, I feel I would not have much to offer to the type of group you are contemplating, but I wish you well if you should decide to persue this. Perhaps other members will share your idea and support you seperately from this groups work. I'm not sure, but the recent message from Halina, with regard to the IPN and it's request for information, may provide the type of platform that you are looking for. Regards, Ken. -----Original Message----- From: Julian S. Plowy [mailto:julian_plowy@...] Sent: 15 January 2004 07:03 To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: RE: [Kresy-Siberia] GENERAL NOTICE TO GROUP MEMBERS Ken, Many historical facts were or are in error or are hidden or forgotten, AS with many historical facts I don't think anything is being done to change things. It seems that nothing is ever done to correct much of the Polish mis-information. "Others" form a strong group which speaks up and keeps pushing until things like this are brought to a conclusion and are corrected. Ken as you know, Once "facts" are incorrectly stated or written it is almost impossible to change history. So, I suggest that some of us start a site that might address some of the more important issues that we would like to correct and see what we can do to help in these matters. Or that we take up certain matters off line as coordinated e-mails to each other. * KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP = RESEARCH REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." * Discussion site : Gallery (photos, documents) : Film and info : * To SUBSCRIBE to the discussion group, send an e-mail saying who you are and describing your interest in the group to: Kresy-Siberia-owner@... * Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Kresy-Siberia-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: |
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