Gallery – Forever in the West
Ismailia, Egypt, 1946
Edmund taking a break sailing with his friend Lusia.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
Egypt
Ismailia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jan’s wife
Jan’s wife
Jan Wankowski
After WWII
Genowefa Michalak 1947
Photo attached to documentation for entry to United Kingdom from Africa
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
London
Stanislaw Tarazewicz, lead dancer
Polish National Dance Troupe, Manchester, 1953/54. Stanislaw performing the Wedding of Magda from Lowicz, and being congratulated by Marshal Jozef Pilsudski's wife.
Stanislaw Tarazewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Certificate of advance to Major
Certificate of advance to Major
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
London
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Wiktoria’s letter to her parents
Wiktoria’s letter to her parents
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
No.4 Polish General Hospital
Wacława and her second husband Ignacy Żuchowski. Photo taken circa 1950.
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
United Kingdom
Iscoyd Park, Nr Whitchurch, Salop
Wladyslaw Pacewicz
My father Wladyslaw Pacewicz in the Polish Navy. He volunteered as a 13 year old in USSR and served from 1942 - 1945 on ORP Piorun and ORP Garland. This photograph was taken sometime after the war. Wladyslaw was demobbed from the Navy in 1947 and settled in Scotland.
Wladyslaw Pacewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish navy
Polish Boys’ Hostel – Island Bay, Wellington
A Sunday afternoon on the steps of the Polish Boys' Hostel
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
Jan’s wife
Jan’s wife
Jan Wankowski
After WWII
Certificate from French international refugee organisation
Attesting to the fact that Wiktoria is a Polish refugee under the protection of the IRO
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
France
Australian Certificate of Registration, Janina Rozbicka
Australian Certificate of Registration, Janina Rozbicka
Terese Umbras Fehlberg
After WWII
Australia
Jozef Szypowski and friends
Veterans of the Polish Army, after the war. Left to right: Name unknown, Jozef Szypowski, Jozef Niziolek, Tadek Szczawinski, Antek/Tony Malyszko.
Krystyna Szypowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Aquitania List of personnel_part 1
Aquitania List of personnel_part 1
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
Southampton
Betty and Julian in Scotland, 2008
Betty and Julian in Scotland, 2008
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Scotland
Polish Military Hospital No.8
Edmund with his mother Wacława (on the right) and a friend in the grounds of the hospital
Barbara Ryszkowska
After WWII
Egypt
El-Kantara
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Family Wedding
The wedding of Genia Beznowska and Jan Omeljaniuk, with Apolonia Maria Kojder as the Flower Girl. 31 July 1951. To the left of the bride are Marja Beznowska, Helena and Franciszek Kojder.
Apolonia Kojder
After WWII
Canada
North Battleford, Saskatchewa
Laughing Barrels – Stanisław Michalak with his nephew Janusz 1952
Janusz Michalak as infant with his uncle Stanisław. Nissan huts were often referred to as Laughing Barrels. A number of Polish residents pooled their saved salaries and invested in land for farming. In 1948 a group of former soldiers, including some high ranking officers formed a company Lark Ltd and bought 200 acres of ex-war department farmland, complete with nissan huts and a high street formed by a bomber runway beside a village called Conington, near Peterborough.
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Conington
Replacement birth certificate
issued by the International Refugee Organisation in Paris
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
France
Notice of advance to rank of captain (artillery)
Notice of advance to rank of captain (artillery)
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
London
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Ursuline Sisters Farewell, Wellington 1958
St. Anne's Hall, Newtown, Wellington, 9 March 1958. The Ursuline Sisters are farewelled and thanked for their years of dedication and service in the Polish Boys' and Girls' Hostels in Wellington before their recall to Poland. The Sisters are (l-r) Augustyna Sobczak, Imelda Tobolska, Marcina Maślak, Bernarda Brennan and Monika Alexandrowicz
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
Group in Cedry, Lebanon, 1947
Group in Cedry, Lebanon, 1947
Elżbieta Watrach
After WWII
Lebanon
Mieczysław Zawada
Mieczysław Zawada
Jozef Zawada
After WWII
United Kingdom
Jan’s wife
Jan’s wife
Jan Wankowski
After WWII
Replacement birth certificate
issued by the International Refugee Organisation in Paris
Wiktoria Bielicka
After WWII
France
Joanna and friend
In London, late 1940s/early 1950s
Krystyna Szypowska
After WWII
United Kingdom
London
Aquitania List of personnel_part 2
Aquitania List of personnel_part 2
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
Southampton
Julian ID document in UK – cover page
Julian had to go to the Police station every 2 weeks to register.
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow, Scotland
Hela at a dance in the UK
Hela at a dance in the UK
Helena Moroz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Wladyslaw Pacewicz after WW2
My father Wladyslaw Pacewicz in Scotland. He was deported to Kazakhstan on 13th April 1940 as an 11 year old. After release with Anders Army he served in the Polish Navy as a cook, settling in Scotland after the war.
Wladyslaw Pacewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Scotland
Polish navy