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Please welcome Jackie Rzepka to the group - another Kiwi!

I hope that we can help her track down info on her family.

Stefan Wisniowski
SYDNEY

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From: JackieR


I would like to join the Kresy-Siberia group. My now deceased father, Aunty and Grandmother were all deported from Poland to Siberia. My father and Aunty survived and were given a new home in New Zealand. I am very interested in researching their history for myself and for future generations of our family. Your website is amazing - there has been so much put into it and I am still enjoying looking through the galleries - it is a credit to everyone who has put it together.

I sent an email below a while ago asking for my family to be added to the memorial gallery and have not heard back yet. I have since discovered that the military settlement that my father lived in was Bajonowka, Rowne. I know it is a very busy time of year for everybody, so don't want to disturb anyone, but would love to hear back on this.

Names for submission:
Zofia Rzepka*
Kazimierz Rzepka
Wanda Rzepka

Zofia Rzepka was my grandmother, Kazimierz was my father and Wanda is my Aunty. I do not have a lot of details unfortunately - I would like to have more and do try every now and then to do a little tracing, usually without much success (if you have any tips on how to get deportation info would be very grateful). The papers that my father had stated he lived in Wilno, however my father advised it was actually Wolyn. I do not know when they were deported just that my Grandfather and two Uncles were away at the time in the Polish Army.

I do not have a date of birth or date of death for Zofia Rzepka, just that she died in the USSR of hunger. Date of birth for Kazimierz Rzepka is 12.05.1932 (date of death 21.06.1997, Auckland, New Zealand). Date of birth for Wanda Rzepka is 13.11.1925 - last known address Chicago, Illinois. Kazimierz and Wanda resided in Persia (not sure of dates) and were part of the group that left Isfahan for New Zealand at the end of September on the US General Randall arriving on 1 November 1944 to live in a camp in Paihiatua.


I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Jacqueline Rzepka (Jackie)
Auckland
New Zealand

Hi Jackie,
are you aware of the information in message #12979 ? It _may_ be of
some use.

Janusz

Hi Janusz, thank you for below. I have a copy of the Paihiatua book - is an
excellent book. Have managed to obtain some early photos of my father and
Aunty through it. I also have a copy of Isfahan City of Polish Children
(which I am working my way through) and am awaiting a copy of Rescue and
Genocide in Wolyn - between all of these am hoping to glean some more
information.
Jackie
:-)

2008/12/23 janusz_ks <u8c1tvo02@...>