Dear Group
Hope you can help me. I am trying to find out the name of the place in the Urals where my father and his family were deported by the Russians. My father Wladyslaw Ryszkowski, his two brothers Czeslaw and Edmund, and his parents Mieczyslaw and Waclawa, were living in Marcinkance, Nr Grodno, where my grandfather was a Forest Ranger (Lesniczy).
They were one of the first families in the area to be arrested by the Russians and were deported in February 1940. As far as I know they ended up working in forests chopping down trees.(Oh, how I wish I listened to the details when my father spoke about his experiences). It would also be interesting to know the route that they travelled along towards their Gehenna.
My grandfather died in March 1942 from Typhoid (Tyfus Plamisty)and is buried in Czerakczi, Uzbekistan. My grandmother and her 3 sons survived,
joined the Polish Army and travelled to Teheran.
Would be grateful for any information you can give me.
Best regards
Barbara Alison Ryszkowska
London, UK
