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Applebaum Interview
开云体育Thanks to Andrew Leszkowicz Stephen for spotting this great radio interview on the Sovietisation of Poland with Anne Applebaum in Sydney.? As you may know, Anne is Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Gulag: a History" and a strong supporter of Kresy-Siberia.? Best regards
Stefan Wisniowski Sydney Australia? |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Radek Sikorski and Anne Applebaum in Sydney
开云体育Anna, this is the best assistance and praise for our cause of reuniting families, recording truth in history and remembering with honour our loved ones lost and those heroes living and deceased who survived Stalin’s Paradise to start again from nothing, but keeping hope for a free Poland which became a reality.? This is the best thing that could happen to KS and all its members and new members to come.? Thank you. Kind regards Lenarda, Australia ? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of annapacewicz
Sent: Wednesday, 08 May, 2013 8:19 AM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Radek Sikorski and Anne Applebaum in Sydney ? ? Dear group, |
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Radek Sikorski and Anne Applebaum in Sydney
Dear group,
Please see our Kresy-Siberia Facebook page for the photographs, news and links (speeches and intervies) on this week's visit of Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland Radek Sikorski and his Pulitzer Prize winning author wife Anne Applebaum in Sydney: www.facebook.com/KSF.FKS I am working on uploading the talk that Anne Applebaum gave on her new book "Behind the Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe" which looks to be as full of previously unearthed archives and witness testimonials as Gulag. She spoke very eloquently and passionately about the approach for this book being "from the bottom up" as opposed to the "top down" as to how the Soviet system was imposed on so many previously un-Sovietized nations with rich histories and cultures of their own. She said that people in Eastern Europe did not live in a free society and did not have the option of "good choices". She signed a copy of our book with thanks for all the work we do at Kresy-Siberia. Kind regards Anna Pacewicz Sydney |
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Virtual Museum currently off-line
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Please note that the Virtual Museum site ( ) is currently
experiencing technical difficulties.? Our IT group is working to resolve
this as quickly as possible.
Krystyna Szypowska - Winnipeg, Canada ? |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Introducing new member Jo Loader from Worthing, W. Sussex, England
开云体育Jo welcome to group, you have opened the door to the journey of research and there is so much to know and this wonderful group has much knowledge to fill in those gaps.? Even assistance in travel as many members of group have already travelled and can give advice, assistance, ?about going back to visit your parents birthplace. Warmest regards Lenarda, Sydney, Australia ? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of Helen Bitner
Sent: Wednesday, 08 May, 2013 1:44 AM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Introducing new member Jo Loader from Worthing, W. Sussex, England ? ? ? Dear group? Please welcome new member Jo ?who is researching ?her father's history. Jo's father,?Jan Bortnik ?was born on November 3rd 1912 in the ?village of Ochoniany now in Belarus. Jan came from a large farming family but ?he worked on the railway which must have been quite close to where he lived. In late 1939 or early 1940 he was deported ?to Siberia by the Russians and?was kept in solitary confinment for over a year. In 1941 he joined the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 16th Infantry Division of the Polish Army. During his military career he fought at Monte Casino and Jo has medals which her father received. After the war Jan left the Polish Army and was resettled in England, ?got ?married , and lived and worked in London until his death on 3rd Sept 1977. ?Jo says that most of her childhood was spent in Roehampton where Jan attended the Catholic Church. ?Sometimes he went to the Catholic Church in Twickenham which was popular with the Polish community. Jo has joined the group in the hope of getting some help or suggestions ?in filling in the gaps of her father's history, whether it be his life in Poland, or his military career or even his life in England.? Jo is hoping to visit?Ochoniany?in Belarus in the near future and says any help would be greatly appreciated. ? Kind regards Helen Bitner Colchester UK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
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Introducing new member Jo Loader from Worthing, W. Sussex, England
Helen Bitner
开云体育Dear group? Please welcome new member Jo ?who is researching ?her father's history. Jo's father,?Jan Bortnik ?was born on November 3rd 1912 in the ?village of Ochoniany now in Belarus. Jan came from a large farming family but ?he worked on the railway which must have been quite close to where he lived. In late 1939 or early 1940 he was deported ?to Siberia by the Russians and?was kept in solitary confinment for over a year. In 1941 he joined the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 16th Infantry Division of the Polish Army. During his military career he fought at Monte Casino and Jo has medals which her father received. After the war Jan left the Polish Army and was resettled in England, ?got ?married , and lived and worked in London until his death on 3rd Sept 1977. ?Jo says that most of her childhood was spent in Roehampton where Jan attended the Catholic Church. ?Sometimes he went to the Catholic Church in Twickenham which was popular with the Polish community. Jo has joined the group in the hope of getting some help or suggestions ?in filling in the gaps of her father's history, whether it be his life in Poland, or his military career or even his life in England.? Jo is hoping to visit?Ochoniany?in Belarus in the near future and says any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Helen Bitner Colchester UK |
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Re: biblioteka kresowa
开云体育This is a genealogical resource site for the Kresy area and
doesn't appear to be spam. May be of help to some group members
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Anna (Canada). |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Re: Live film footage 1939? Historical records with Nikolai Svanidze.
开云体育Alex, Can you understand what is in the film? Because with me stumbling through the language and only master of one English, with a bit of Polish, I had to take a guess. The historical essence of the countryside and the way the people lived back then was more important.? for me and I think many others, it is difficult to imagine, as we do not have memory because we were born in a different country and to see how people lived back then, is sort of a journey in history and brings us closer to the understanding of our parents and grandparents life. ?I knew that if I put this film out there, someone in our amazing group would be able to understand the language and recognise the area. Regards, Lenarda, Australia ? ? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of Alex Paszkiewicz
Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2013 8:58 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Re: Live film footage 1939? Historical records with Nikolai Svanidze. ? ? The Germans were definately not crossing russian borders in 1939! Nor were the Soviets counter attacking. They were slurping vodka together and dismembering our homeland! Regards Alex Paszkiewicz |
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books
Barbara Milligan
Oh dear, I sent it to the wrong address. The information still holds. It can be so hard to get some books and so useful to have someone who knows how to find a book. Best wishes, Basia (UK) Begin forwarded message:
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Introducing new member Alexandra Lawrence from Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada
开云体育Alexandra welcome to group and as Helen has asked, please give us more information so we can link it up with the large knowledge retained of our individual members and you never know, someone from group might have lived your family village/town and all knowledge is shared to assist others, such as yourself. Warmest regards Lenarda, Sydney, Australia ? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of Helen Bitner
Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2013 7:48 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Introducing new member Alexandra Lawrence from Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada ? ?
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Introducing new member Alexandra Lawrence from Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada
Helen Bitner
Dear group
Please welcome Alexandra to the group. Her grandmother Helen Poplawski and her family (sisters - Stanislawa & Wanda, brother - Leon, mother Jadwiga and probably her step-father Bronislaw as well) were taken from Polesie to Siberia, then to Iran and then to Kenya. Alexandra would very much like to know if anyone knew them or had any connection to the area they came from. She is looking forward to learning as much as she can and is trying to locate birth, baptism and wedding certificates in Poland. Alexandra, perhaps you could give us the name of the village or town your family came from as that would be a first step? Polesie is a large region mostly spread across what is now Belarus, and Ukraine. I wish you all the success in your research. Kind regards Helen Bitner Colchester UK |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] biblioteka kresowa
开云体育Thank you Carol and Rys, for validating the legitimacy of the link to these records. Better careful than have a cyber virus. Regards, Lenarda, Australia ? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of ryszardsys
Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2013 4:00 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] biblioteka kresowa ? ? The site is safe. It contains many historical documents including church metrical records for the Kresy region. |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] biblioteka kresowa
The site is safe. It contains many historical documents including church metrical records for the Kresy region.
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Re: Deportations from Marcinkance, Nr Grodno, to the Urals
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Thank you for the link to the monument in Guzar Cemetery to the Soldiers and the Civilians who died on Uzbek soil during WWII. It is heartening to know that they are remembered. Thank you for the information regarding your grandfather's death certificate. I understand that the Archives of the Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales can provide death certificates of Polish soldiers and civilians to their families. I have written to the address – 2 Devonia Road – a number of times but have never received a reply. I believe that the place your Ryszkowski famly were deported to is now called Stepanovka. During WWII this region was called the Molotowski obwod – now it is called Permski Kraj. This map: shows the location of Stepanovka. By zooming in and out you can see the town of Kizel to the south. This explains the location – kizielowski powiat. Today I think it is called: Permskiy kray; Kuyedinskiy rayon; Stepanovka. Thank you for sharing the account of your father's efforts to bury his father with dignity. My aunt was forced to enrol herself and her younger brother in a Soviet orphanage after the deaths of her parents. Thanks to an unknown Polish soldier who took her to his commanding officer, Major Jan Lachowicz, who put her in the care of his housekeeper who nursed her through the typhus she had contracted from her sick parents, she and my father may never have been evacuated from the USSR. Kind regards Halina (NZ) --- In Kresy-Siberia@..., Barbara Alison <barb_001@...> wrote:
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Operation AB Katyn - University of Toronto, Thursday May 9th @ 6 pm
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] you tube - A JEDNAK POLSKA 1918-1921 and WYMARSZ (1988) about Pilsudski (Marchlewski region - Riga Treaty Line 1921)
Yes, cherish if you have anything. I have zero unless I bought it.
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Canada From: Lenarda Szymczak
To: Kresy-Siberia@... Sent: Monday, May 6, 2013 3:35:16 PM Subject: RE: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] you tube - A JEDNAK POLSKA 1918-1921 and WYMARSZ (1988) about Pilsudski (Marchlewski region - Riga Treaty Line 1921) ?
Barbara, every house with a person of Polish heritage living in it, ?should have a special corner, a museum, items that are passed from generation to generation, not as antiques but icons to be treasured and remind us of who we are.? I like your fathers logic, he had the same intense passion, ?love of Poland, seeing Pilsudski would have been so special to him, understood her suffering and pain, the hardship that won the quest for a free Poland, no matter how brief going by history and our fate, as all of us have ?and ?it flows through you.
Thanks to our peoples spirit, Poland is free again and will stay free, but we must never forget the cruelty, the brutality, the attempted liquidation, extermination of the Polish people and those who perpetrated this crime, especially those of the Kresy, as these loved ones lost are our heroes and I am sure they are guiding us right now.
Kind regards,
Lenarda, Australia
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From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of Barbara Alison Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2013 5:04 AM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] you tube - A JEDNAK POLSKA 1918-1921 and WYMARSZ (1988) about Pilsudski (Marchlewski region - Riga Treaty Line 1921) ?
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Lenarda ? Many thanks for this fascinating piece of Polish history.?I admire your passion and you are an inspiration to us all. ? My father and grandmother were great admirers of Pilsudski and belonged to a Pilsudski organisation in the UK, which supported the Pilsudski Institute in London.? As a child living in Marcinkance, Nr Grodno,?my dad never forgot the day a train carrying Pilsudski stopped briefly at the station and dad was amongst the crowd?cheering him.??Pilsudski's gaze locked with my dad's for a brief second and dad never forgot that special moment.? Dad always had pictures and busts of Pilsudski in his favourite corner of the house, which my mum called his museum. ? Best regards ? Barbara, London UK? ? Barbara Alison Songwriter Website: Web Page: ? ? From: Lenarda Szymczak <szymczak01@...> To: Kresy-Siberia@... Sent: Monday, 6 May 2013, 0:10 Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] you tube - A JEDNAK POLSKA 1918-1921 and WYMARSZ (1988) about Pilsudski (Marchlewski region - Riga Treaty Line 1921) ?
Dear group ? Old historical footage of Poland and Pilsudski? on You-tube. – sorry to inform that these videos are in the Polish language, but the photos and movies tell their own story. ? fascinating video ?- A JEDNAK POLSKA 1918 – 1921 ? And ?- ??WYMARSZ (1988) - ??Published on Nov 20, 2012 ?- a Polish documentary starting with modern day footage and going into historic film and photos with commentary about LEGIONACH PILSUDSKIEGO. .? ??My grandfather knew Pilsudski and on his recommendation, settled in the Marchlewsk Region, which is now (recently) being used as study material for modern day schools. ? Regards, Lenarda, Sydney, Australia ? ? |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Orborski Family was ( Re: Introducing new member Marta Debska from Wroc?aw, Poland)
I have notes on Ignacy Oborski, son of Franciska. He was 'aspirant' PP from Tarnopol, born in 1889. I also note wife Katarzyna deported with kids to kazahk. This was posted here before. Suggest church registers for Ignacy's family, and then try to weave together pieces through the war years. Look for lots of kids, one every two yearsa at least and common use of first names. Good luck, I am doing the same thing branching out now.
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Dear Marta, ?the Oborski family was researched back in October 2012 on KS.? There could be a connection, a common thread. Wait until the other members get on line, they have much knowledge.
Kind regards,
Lenarda, Australia
? From: Kresy-Siberia@... [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@...] On Behalf Of Marta Debska Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2013 5:31 AM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] Re: Introducing new member Marta Debska from Wroc?aw, Poland ?
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Dear Group, ? I'm a new member, below few words about me and my family: ? my mother is trying to made a family tree, but she founds same gaps in the family history. That's why we are looking for information about family Oborski (from Petryków, near Tarnopol). We know quite a lot about history of sisters and brother of my grandmother after WWII, but not so much about sisters and brother of my grat grand father (Ignacy Oborski : 1889 Petryków- 1940 Ostaszków/Miednoje?) - Eugeniusz, Roman, Aleknadra, Paulina, Stanis?awa, Józefa- and especially we don't know much about history of the next generations born after the war. ? And the biggest gap- we don't know anything about Franiciszek Oborski (father of my great grandfather Ignacy Oborski). Before he married Maria he was a monk (shortly and he wasn/t ordained a priest)- probably in Tarnopol or close Tarnopol, but I don't know if he had same brother or sisters and how he arrived to Petryków/Tarnopol (or maybe he was born there). He died in 1910. ? ?I will be grateful for all the advices how?sould I Find same information about Family Oborski in Petryków before The second World War and even before World War I. ? Marta Wroc?aw/Poland ? ? |
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Re: [www.Kresy-Siberia.org] biblioteka kresowa
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On 6 May 2013, at 19:07, "Lenarda Szymczak" <szymczak01@...> wrote:
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Live film footage 1939? Historical records with Nikolai Svanidze. (Polish Belarus Russian)
开云体育? Dear group, live historical film footage of German invasion, prisoners taken, villagers reactions and counter attack by Russian Army?? Amazing live film footage of life back then. ? Uploaded on May 2, 2011 43 выпуск Производство: Россия, 2003 Фильм Исторические хроники с Николаем Сванидзе. ? Lenarda, Australia |