Testimonies – German & Soviet Invasion

A typed/condensed version of my Grandfather's original handwritten Memoir

Krystyna describes the scene as all the volunteers marched off to join the Army, and how her father was wounded and nearly buried alive before he regained consciousness.

Krystyna describes what she saw as they approached Lwow at the onset of the war.

Krystyna describes what the Russian troops looked like when the entered Lwow, and how they killed a young boy who was laughing at their ragged uniforms.

Regina describes how the Russians came and told her mother that they were taking the house and all the belongings in it. She was left with a blanket and a …

Regina tells how they learned much later about the fact that her brother was shot trying to escape from the Russian prison.

Maria describes how her mother wrote to different camps and found her husband in the Starobielsk prison.

Describing how, when Poland was invaded, an enemy plane left the formation and shot at her mother in the field. The plane circled several times before giving up

Maria describes how the soldiers attacked their home, and how they had to hide because they were shooting at her, her mother and siblings.

Describes how his unit was assigned to defend Polish villagers against attacks from roving bands of Ukrainian Nationalist, in the area of Włodzimierz in Wołyn.

Alex describes his decision to leave home at age 16 to join the Polish Army being formed in France. He goes on to say that his time in the USSR …

Describing how the Poles and Belorussians co-existed in that area, then the Russian invasion and the day of deportation.

Marian describes how he was hoping to cross the Romanian border, in order to join the Polish Army in exile, but ended up hopping on a freight train that went …

Marian describes how his scout troop was enlisted to defend Przemysl, and then Lwow.

Dioniza describes what she recalls of the beginning of WWII in her village.

Dioniza describes the brutality with which the Ukrainians terrorized them as they searched for weapons. They took her father away, and they heard a series of shots, but thought that …

This is the life story of Ludwik Cytera as discovered and written up by his grandson Christopher Cytera.

Describing his father’s work before the war at Lwow Radio, and his work for the Polish Government in Exile during and after the war.

Describing how his father sheltered KOP soldiers on his property, helped bury their arms, and obtained civilian clothing for them. They tried to escape the Soviet-controlled area of Poland in …

Describing how the building they lived in was bombed, and how she was so frightened that she had trouble breathing and she developed a stutter.

Describing how her father returned, after having evacuated to Romania with the Polish Army. He was arrested a few days later, and he ended up a victim at Katyn.

Describing what changed after the Soviets invaded their village.

Describing how the war began with the bombing of the military base close to his home.