Gallery – Forever in the West
Portrait of Jan Stępek, circa 1970
Portrait of Jan Stępek, circa 1970
Martin Stepek
After WWII
United Kingdom
Scotland
Wiktor Szyszko England 1950′s
Wiktor Szyszko England 1950′s
Yvonna Szyszko
After WWII
United Kingdom
Lonia and Kazia in New Zealand, 2004
Same as the last photo, but 59 years on (Oct 2004) - Wellington Waterfront, New Zealand.
Stan Gazdowicz
After WWII
New Zealand
Wacława and Family
Wacława (2nd right) with husband Ignacy (1st right) visiting her sister Janina and brother-in-law Witold Wyspiański in London. Photo taken on 20 March 1951.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
United Kingdom
London
Polish Military Hospital No.8 in El-Kantara, Egypt
Edmund, in 1946, recovering from his wounds after serving with the 2nd Corps on the front in Italy.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
Egypt
El-Kantara
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Dance Group, Lublin – NZ
The Polish dancing group Lublin. The group consists of first-generation Polish New Zealanders who perform at various Polish cultural events and to the general public. They are pictured here after a performance in Pahiatua at the 50th anniversary reunion of the Polish children's arrival in New Zealand.
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
New Zealand
Pahiatua
Ela and her father Jan, 1948
Ela and her father Jan, 1948
Elżbieta Watrach
After WWII
United Kingdom
Grandparents
My Grandfather Daniel and Grandmother Uliana Rudowicz. Deported to Siberia, made it to Africa at the Lusaka Came in Northern Rhodesia then to Scotland/England and to Canada in 1949. RIP
After WWII
Canada
Windsor Ontario Canada
Siblings in the 1960′s
Siblings in the 1960′s
Halina Babinska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
Jan Kasperowicz
Jan Kasperowicz
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Jan’ and his wife
Jan’ and his wife
Jan Wankowski
After WWII
Wiktoria Visas – page 2 of 3
Wiktoria Visas – page 2 of 3
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
Aniela Wawrzynczyk and Czeslaw Zychowicz
6 August 1949 at St. Mary’s RC church in Sheffield, UK
Lusia McAnna
After WWII
United Kingdom
Telegram to send money immediately
George's wife Anna, and daughter Maria Skiba, sailed from Mombasa aboard the SS Mason Lykes (formerly an American military cargo and assault troop ship which saw service in the Pacific under its original name, USS Trego).
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Canada
Timiscaming, Quebec
Betty (Ferguson) Rybarczyk
Betty (Ferguson) Rybarczyk
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ismailia, Egypt, 1946
Edmund taking a break sailing with his friend Lusia in the centre next to him and his mother Wacława on the right.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
Egypt
Ismailia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jan’s wife
Jan’s wife
Jan Wankowski
After WWII
Józef Michalak in the 1960s.
Józef Michalak in the 1960s.
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Photo of Tom in Canada
Dedicated to his sister Anna and dated 7 Sept 1947 on the back.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Canada
Teresa, Stanislaw Tarazewicz, Wanda
Wanda is 3rd from left - she is Marshall Pilsudski's daughter - Manchester, 1955
Stanislaw Tarazewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
New Years Eve ball in Wellington, 1959
New Years Eve ball in Wellington at the Winter Show Buildings - 1959.
Stan Gazdowicz
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
German ID document, 1960
German ID document, 1960
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
Germany
Hanover
Wacława and Barbara
Wacława with her granddaughter and goddaughter Barbara. Photo taken in Tilstock Camp in 1950.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
United Kingdom
Tilstock, Shropshire
Polish Military Hospital No.8 in El-Kantara, Egypt
Edmund with his mother Wacława (left) and his friend Lusia (centre) taking a walk in the grounds of the hospital, 1946
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
Egypt
El-Kantara
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Pahiatua Polish Jubilee Committee 1994
The Pahiatua Polish Jubilee Committee on the porch of the Pahiatua Museum, 17 September 1994. The museum features many photos of the Polish community and the scale model of the camp. Standing (l-r): Józef Zawada, Helena Wypych (Chwieduk), Dorothy Ropiha, Elaine Perry, Marge Bentley, Jean Eddie, Don Selby, Alistair MacDougall, John Burns Sitting (l-r): Eugeniusz Szadkowski, Piotr Przychodźko
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Pahiatua
Irena, performing in the UK
Irena, performing in the UK
After WWII
United Kingdom
Wiktoria Visas – page 3 of 3
Wiktoria Visas – page 3 of 3
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
Jozef Szypowski visits family in Poland, 1960
Jozef traveled to Poland in 1962, to Zabkowice Sl. near Zielona Gora, to visit his mother and siblings for the first time in 21 years. Jozef is standing to the left of his mother, Rozalia, who is wearing a black kerchief.
Krystyna Szypowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
The vessel Aquitania
The vessel Aquitania
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
Southampton
Zbyszek Rybarczyk
Zbyszek Rybarczyk
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom