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Vanessa Tomecki

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						Does anybody know them?

Dad (on left) and unknown friends

Does anybody know them?


						Possibly with the Relief Society for Poles. Does anybody recognise anybody or anything?

Dad driving a truck

Possibly with the Relief Society for Poles. Does anybody recognise anybody or anything?


						Does anybody know them?

Dad (kneeling) and 2 unknown friends

Does anybody know them?

  • Polish 2nd Corps (1943-45)


						Discharge document dated December 1948, side 1

Discharge document dated December 1948, side 1

Discharge document dated December 1948, side 1

Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)


						(reverse side)

Discharge document dated December 1948, side 2

(reverse side)

Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)


						Polish Driver’s License (inside)

Polish Driver’s License (inside)

Polish Driver’s License (inside)



						Polish Driver’s License

Polish Driver’s License

Polish Driver’s License



						Energia sports card (inside)

Energia sports card (inside)

Energia sports card (inside)



						Can anyone identify the club/company?

Energia sports card (outside)

Can anyone identify the club/company?



						Friend of my dad and survivor of Siberia. Does anybody know her? Did he know her before the war? Did he go to Siberia?

Mrs. Podolski

Friend of my dad and survivor of Siberia. Does anybody know her? Did he know her before the war? Did he go to Siberia?



						Photo of dad (3rd row from front, 5th from right) holding trumpet/cornet. Does anybody know where this is? Can anybody translate the writing on the drum? I think it might be connected to either the Trade School or the seminary he was in before the war? Again, does anybody recognise anyone in the picture?

Polish (pre-war?) Orchestra

Photo of dad (3rd row from front, 5th from right) holding trumpet/cornet. Does anybody know where this is? Can anybody translate the writing on the drum? I think it might be connected to either the Trade School or the seminary he was in before the war? Again, does anybody recognise anyone in the picture?



						Believe this to be the same orchestra as previous picture, but without my dad. Again, does anybody recognise anybody in the picture?

Polish (pre-war?) Orchestra

Believe this to be the same orchestra as previous picture, but without my dad. Again, does anybody recognise anybody in the picture?



						Identity unknown. Does anybody know him?

Unknown Person

Identity unknown. Does anybody know him?


						Identity unknown. Does anybody know him?

Unknown Person 2

Identity unknown. Does anybody know him?


						Back of previous photograph. Can anyone decipher the name or writing?

Unknown Person 2_Back of photo

Back of previous photograph. Can anyone decipher the name or writing?


						Identity unknown. Can anyone identify him, or make out the embossed writing on the bottom right hand side? I think it says "VENVS" "LWOW" and "AKADEMICKA". Dated in Lodz, Poland, 27 V 1936

Unknown Person 3 – 27 May 1936

Identity unknown. Can anyone identify him, or make out the embossed writing on the bottom right hand side? I think it says "VENVS" "LWOW" and "AKADEMICKA". Dated in Lodz, Poland, 27 V 1936



						Back of previous photograph. Can anyone translate please?

Unknown Person 3 – 27 May 1936 (back)

Back of previous photograph. Can anyone translate please?



						Letter from Dzieciol family in Poland from 1978, plus the following three pages. My dad kept it until he died so it might be important.

Polish Letter side 1

Letter from Dzieciol family in Poland from 1978, plus the following three pages. My dad kept it until he died so it might be important.



						Second page of Polish letter.

Polish Letter side 2

Second page of Polish letter.



						Third page of Polish letter.

Polish Letter side 3

Third page of Polish letter.



						4th page of Polish letter

Polish Letter side 4

4th page of Polish letter



						Dated 1948. Does anybody have any links with this organisation, does it still exist?

Letter from Relief Society For Poles

Dated 1948. Does anybody have any links with this organisation, does it still exist?



						Does anyone know anything about this establishment? Is it still in existence?

Translation of Leaving Certificate page 1

Does anyone know anything about this establishment? Is it still in existence?



						Translation of Leaving Certificate page 2

Translation of Leaving Certificate page 2

Translation of Leaving Certificate page 2



						Is this at Christmas? I think the lights are on Christmas trees. Does anyone recognise anything?

Unknown Church

Is this at Christmas? I think the lights are on Christmas trees. Does anyone recognise anything?


						Can anyone translate please?

Unknown Church_Back of photo

Can anyone translate please?


						Does anyone know this group of people? I think this may have been when my dad was with the Relief Society for Poles.

Unknown Group

Does anyone know this group of people? I think this may have been when my dad was with the Relief Society for Poles.


						Addressed to Tadeusz. Dated 4 December 1948. Can anyone decipher the signature ?

Unknown Group – back of photo

Addressed to Tadeusz. Dated 4 December 1948. Can anyone decipher the signature ?


						Issued in Warsaw in 1942

German Work Permit side A

Issued in Warsaw in 1942



						Can anybody tell me anything about this document. This coincides with the time my father (Tadeusz Tomecki) was in a German POW camp.

German Work Permit side B

Can anybody tell me anything about this document. This coincides with the time my father (Tadeusz Tomecki) was in a German POW camp.